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373. Inkwell

Accession Number 2003.240
Dimensions Body: H. 6.2, Diam. rim 2.6, max. Diam. 6.1, Diam. body 5.8 cm; Wt. 35.69 g. Lid: pres. H. 3.8, max. Diam. 4.2 cm; Wt. 9.48 g
Date First century CE
Production Area Possibly eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent amber-colored glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown; tooled
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Condition

Mostly covered by white crust from weathering.

Description

In-folded, horizontal, fire-polished rim; shallow, sloping shoulder; cylindrical body, slightly wider moving downward, with horizontal flange at top and bottom, which forms base-ring; slightly convex bottom, pushed in at center, no pontil mark visible.

Free-blown and tooled, circular lid with an oval protuberance at the center of the upper surface. It is formed like a small vessel with a wide, cylindrical neck and bulbous body, then folded and pressed, forming a wide horizontal, slightly convex band. This band secured the lid on the opening of the vessel. It continues as a wide, cylindrical tube, mildly tapering toward its end. The end is broken, and its exact shape remains unknown, but a small, preserved part of it indicates that it was bent and protruding.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 372.

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

, p. 112, no. 299; p. 114, plate no. 299.

Exhibitions

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