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420. Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.25
Dimensions H. 8.6, Diam. rim 1.6, Diam. base 2.5 cm; Wt. 38.09 g
Date Ninth–tenth centuries CE (neck and body) and twentieth century CE (bottom)
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Colorless, slightly greenish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Mended: adhesive join at neck; inserted piece in underside of flask. The vessel has been constructed in modern times from three separate elements: neck, cylindrical body, and inserted disk in foot. Iridescence on the exterior and the interior.

Description

Flat, rounded rim; wide, cylindrical neck, wider toward the body; horizontal shoulder; cylindrical body; flat, irregular bottom.

Comments and Comparanda

The original vessel was taller, and after breakage it was ground and a disk of glass was set in place to seal the opening. For parallels, see comments on cat. 422.

Provenance

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

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None