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421. Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.29
Dimensions H. 9.4, Diam. rim 2.1, Diam. base 2.6 cm; Wt. 45.47 g
Date Ninth–eleventh centuries CE (neck and body) and twentieth century CE (bottom)
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Colorless glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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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Unpublished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