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38. Amphoriskos

Accession Number 2003.172
Dimensions H. 11.0, Diam. rim 3.3, max. Diam. 6.7, Diam. base 1.8 cm; Wt. 130.15 g
Date Late sixth–fifth centuries BCE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean, possibly Rhodes
Material Translucent dark blue and opaque yellow glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Core-formed; applied rim, handles, base, and unmarvered and marvered threads
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Condition

Intact with very few minor abrasions. Vertical indentations on the body caused by the tooling of the zigzags.

Description

Translucent dark blue body; opaque yellow decoration. Broad, inward-sloping rim-disk; relatively tall, cylindrical neck wider toward the body; obtuse-angled shoulder; top-shaped body; convex bottom; circular base-knob with a rounded edge. Two dark blue vertical strap handles extend from the shoulders to the rim.

An unmarvered opaque yellow thread is wound around the rim. A wide marvered yellow thread starts on the shoulder and spirals 13 times around the shoulders and the body, and it is dragged up and down forming a zigzag pattern.

Comments and Comparanda

On core-formed amphoriskoi of this period, see comments on cat. 34. For the classification of this particular amphoriskos, see , class I:B, amphoriskos form I:1: p. 143, no. 96.

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. 62, no. 141; p. 60, plate no. 141.

Exhibitions

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