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401. Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.12
Dimensions H. 6.6, Diam. rim 1.6 × 1.8, Diam. base 2.1 cm; Wt. 7.38 g
Date Possibly fourth–fifth, probably ninth–eleventh centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent bluish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Fully preserved. Iridescence and incrustation on the interior and exterior.

Description

Fire-polished, vertical rim, bent slightly inward; cylindrical neck, tapering toward its constricted base; ovular body; tubular base-ring; flat bottom. A faint scar on the bottom, probably from a solid pontil.

Comments and Comparanda

No direct parallels have been located.

Provenance

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

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None