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402. Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.9
Dimensions H. 6.3, Diam. rim 1.7, Diam. base 2.2 cm; Wt. 20.75 g
Date Possibly third–fourth, probably ninth–eleventh centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent bluish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown, applied base
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Condition

Fully preserved; mended. Exterior partly iridescent; interior covered with incrustation.

Description

Cut-off, ground, vertical rim; wide, cylindrical neck, tapering toward the body; oval body; slightly concave bottom. An applied, flattened mass of glass, wound twice, forms a pad base. Round mark of a solid pontil (W. 0.8 cm) at the center of the base.

Comments and Comparanda

See a similar vessel in the Newark Museum identified as an Islamic glass production, , p. 233, no. 545.

Provenance

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

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None