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414. Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.27
Dimensions H. [with restoration] 4.8, Diam. rim 1.6, Diam. base 1.9 × 1.9 cm; Wt. 13.22 g
Date Ninth–tenth centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent greenish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Neck missing; completed with filling. Iridescence and incrustation on both the exterior and the interior.

Description

Sloping shoulders; four-sided body, square in cross section; wall tapers, then curves in at bottom; slightly concave bottom. Sides slightly concave.

Comments and Comparanda

On vessels with square or polygonal body, see comments for cat. 390.

Provenance

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

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None