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Catalogue

406. Flask

Accession Number 2004.33
Dimensions H. 8.3, Diam. rim 3.9, Diam. body 4.2 cm; Wt. 83.31 g
Date Fourth–fifth centuries CE, or up to eighth century CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean, Syro-Palestinian region
Material Translucent purple and opaque yellow and red glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown; applied elements
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Condition

Fully preserved. Decorative threads have fallen off a small part of the body. Other parts of the body have incrustation.

Description

In-folded, flaring rim; conical mouth; cylindrical neck; squat, globular body; flat, slightly concave bottom. No pontil mark is visible on the bottom. Two opaque trails, a thicker red one and a finer yellow one, are spirally wound 16 times from the tip of the rim to the center of the bottom and dragged upward 23 times, forming a festoon motif.

Comments and Comparanda

See comments on cats. 306 and 348.

Provenance

By 1974–1988, Erwin Oppenländer, 1901–1988 (Waiblingen, Germany), by inheritance to his daughter, Ingrid Reisser, 1988; 1988–2004, Ingrid Reisser (Böblingen, Germany), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004

Bibliography

, p. 138, no. 385.

Exhibitions

Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg and Cologne, 1974–1975)