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387. Molar Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.36
Dimensions H. 5.6, Diam. rim 1.8, Diam. body 2.4 × 2.4 cm; Wt. 40.50 g
Date Ninth–tenth centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean, probably Egypt
Material Colorless, slightly greenish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Molded and cut
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Condition

Probably pastiche. Neck probably belongs to a different vessel. One of the feet is partly missing and restored with resin. The feet were probably pointed originally.

Description

Round, vertical rim; conical neck; four-sided body, square in cross section; wedge-shaped feet.

Deeply cut decoration. Short bevel on the upper corners, leaving a prunt on the shoulder. Below this prunt is a longer bevel which ends, leaving a small prunt that delineates the body. Below that is a horizontal stroke, which, in combination with a deep bevel at the center of each side, delineates four pyramidal, wedge-shaped feet.

Comments and Comparanda

See comments on cat. 381.

Provenance

1979, Edwin A. Lipps, 1922–1988 (Pacific Palisades, California), donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1979

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None