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389. Molar Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.45
Dimensions H. 6.3, Diam. rim 2.3, Diam. base 2 × 2 cm; Wt. 33.38 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. Repaired break at neck, between the neck and the body. Body has a smaller opening than the neck.

Description

In-folded, flattened rim; conical neck with a coil wound spirally five times around it; four-sided body, square in cross section; wedge-shaped feet.

Deeply cut decoration. Triangular bevels pointing upward are cut on the corners of the upper body, leaving a prunt below them that delineates a deep horizontal groove that run along the middle of the body. Below the groove on the corners are small semicircular bevels, and at the center of each side, a deep, triangular bevel 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Unpublished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