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Unpublished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