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371. Juglet

Accession Number 2003.396
Dimensions H. 9.7, Diam. base 3.5 cm; Wt. 23.55 g
Date Third–fourth centuries CE or much later
Production Area Probably eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent purple and bluish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Intact; some incrustation in the interior.

Description

Trefoil, fire-polished rim; cutaway conical mouth; conical body; flat bottom.

Comments and Comparanda

No parallels have been located. The glass appears to be late antique. Possibly connected to Syro-Palestinian production, but the shape and the rendering of the rim remain unparalleled.

Provenance

Pierre Mavrogordato, Greek, 1870–1948 (Berlin, Germany); 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

, p. 212, no. 604.

Exhibitions

Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg and Cologne, 1974–1975)