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426. Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.31
Dimensions pres. H. 3.8, Diam. rim 1.9, Diam. base 2.3 cm; Wt. 8.89 g
Date Ninth–eleventh centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Colorless, slightly greenish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Upper part of the neck missing. Iridescence and incrustation on both the exterior and the interior.

Description

Vertical, fire-polished rim; short, wide, cylindrical neck, with one constriction visible at the top of the preserved part; mildly sloping shoulder; short, cylindrical body, curving in at bottom; slightly concave bottom. An annular pontil mark (W. 0.8 cm) is visible at the center of the bottom. On the neck, a small trace of what could be either a fine thread wound on the rim or a tooling mark; probably the latter.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 427.

Provenance

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

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None