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416. Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.41
Dimensions pres. H. 3.6, Diam. rim 1.3, Diam. base 2.1 cm; Wt. 14.85 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

Upper part of the neck is missing. Ground in modern times. Both the body and the neck are iridescent and partly covered by weathering and incrustation on the exterior and interior.

Description

Seemingly cylindrical neck; sloping shoulder; four-sided body with square cross section that curves in toward the flat bottom. A scar of a solid pontil mark (W. 0.6 cm) is visible on the bottom.

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Unpublished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