378. Kohl Tube

Condition

Fully preserved. A little weathering and some incrustation on the lower part of the body.

Description

Thick, slightly flaring, long rim; long tubular body bearing six vertical, twisted ribs; a slight constriction, 1.1 cm below the rim, forms the short neck. Two thin, short, angular coil handles extend from the upper body to over the rim. The small, integral disk base does not allow the vessel to stand.

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. 750.

Exhibitions

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