Condition
Fully preserved but mended.
Description
Fire-polished, horizontal rim with a cutout fold underneath it, giving the impression of an applied coil; short and wide neck severely constricted at its base, creating a diaphragm; conical body, standing on a mildly concave bottom. No pontil mark is visible on its bottom. Around the body are eight vertical, pinched fins covered by horizontal indentations.
Comments and Comparanda
On sprinklers, see cat. 344. For parallels, see Abdul Hak, Sélim. 1965. “Contribution d’une découverte archéologique récente à l’étude de la verrerie syrienne à l’époque romaine.” Journal of Glass Studies 7: 26–34., p. 29, fig. 8; Hayes, John W. 1975. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum., pp. 60–61, no. 157, fig. 7; Stern, Eva Marianne. 2001. Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE–700 CE: Ernesto Wolf Collection. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz., p. 247, no. 133; Antonaras, Anastassios. 2012. Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press., p. 255, no. 418.
Provenance
By 1974–1988, Erwin Oppenländer, 1901–1988 (Waiblingen, Germany), by inheritance to his son, Gert Oppenländer, 1988; 1988–2003, Gert Oppenländer (Waiblingen, Germany), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003
Bibliography
Saldern von, Axel, Birgit Nolte, Peter La Baume, and Thea Elisabeth Haevernick. 1974. Gläser der Antike. Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer. Mainz: von Zabern., p. 236, no. 692.
Exhibitions
Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg and Cologne, 1974–1975)