Condition
Mended. Pastiche consisting of three different glass parts: neck, body, and bottom. Iridescence and incrustation on both the exterior and the interior.
Description
Flat, ground rim; cylindrical neck, tapering toward the body; cylindrical body; flat, irregular bottom.
Comments and Comparanda
The original vessel was taller, and after breakage it was ground on both ends; a disk of glass was set in place to seal the lower opening, and the neck was reattached with the addition of some resin, quite probably in modern times. 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Unpublished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