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415. Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.21
Dimensions H. 5.2, Diam. rim 1.5, Diam. base 1.8 × 2.5 cm; Wt. 32.50 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

Mended; fully preserved. Iridescence on the exterior; in the interior, incrustation.

Description

Flat but rounded rim; wide, cylindrical neck; sloping shoulder; rectangular body with unequal sides; flat bottom. At the center of the bottom, a circular scar from a solid pontil (W. 1 cm) is visible.

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Unpublished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