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368. Flask

Accession Number 71.AF.80
Dimensions H. 8.5, Diam. rim 5.1, Diam. base 3.8 cm; Wt. 117.83 g
Date Sixth century CE
Production Area Syro-Palestinian region
Material Transparent amber-brown and greenish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown; applied elements
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Condition

Intact.

Description

In-folded, tubular, and flattened flaring rim; short, wide neck; globular body, standing on a slightly concave bottom. Three thrusts with a blunt tool have given the globular body an almost square circumference at mid-height, where a wide, horizontal fold extends on three of the sides, while the fourth is left smooth. Three coil handles made of greenish glass extend from the shoulder to the tip of the rim arranged at equal distances. A circular scar (W. 1.2 cm) of a solid pontil is visible at the center of the bottom.

Comments and Comparanda

A very similar, two-handled flask was once in a private collection in Paris (, p. 150, no. 386).

Provenance

1971, Royal Athena Galleries (New York, New York), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1971

Bibliography

, pp. 76–77, plate 1.

Exhibitions

The Arts of Fire: Islamic Influences on the Italian Renaissance (Los Angeles, 2004)