377. Kohl Tube

Condition

One handle and a small part of the rim are missing and have been filled by a resin(?). A little weathering and some incrustation. Large air bubbles have cracked at three points on the body ribs. Also, a void area is visible just below the surface on the lower part of the body.

Description

Thick, slightly lopsided rim; long, twisted, tubular body bearing eight ribs; a slight constriction, 1 cm below the rim, forms the short neck. The small, integral disk base is slightly off-center and does not allow the vessel to stand. At the center of the undersurface, a straight notch is visible, the result of the manipulation of the disk base when the body was pressed on it. A pair of small, curved, coil handles extend from upper body to rim.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 376.

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

von Saldern et al. 1974, p. 256, no. 751.

Exhibitions

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