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388. Molar Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.44
Dimensions H. 5.9, Diam. rim 1.8, Diam. base 2.8 × 2.8 cm; Wt. 30.20 g
Date Ninth–tenth centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean, probably Egypt
Material Translucent greenish glass (neck); colorless, slightly greenish glass (body)
Modeling Technique and Decoration Molded and cut
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Condition

Pastiche. Repair at one foot; repaired break at neck. XRF suggests these combined elements do not go together.

Description

In-folded, flattened rim; conical neck with five horizontal constrictions; four-sided body, square in cross section; wedge-shaped feet.

Deeply cut decoration. Horizontal grooves on the upper and lower end of the preserved part of the neck. Deep horizontal groove along the middle of the body. On the corners, short, triangular bevels pointing downward, leaving a prunt at top and bottom of the vessel. On the lower part of the body, a deep, triangular bevel at the center of each side delineates four pyramidal, wedge-shaped feet.

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Unpublished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