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428. Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.34
Dimensions H. 6.1, Diam. rim 2.1, Diam. base 3.7 cm; Wt. 15.10 g
Date Ninth–tenth centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent slightly greenish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Fully preserved; mended. Iridescence and incrustation on both the exterior and the interior.

Description

Fire-polished, slightly flaring rim; cylindrical neck; globular body; flat bottom. A circular mark of a solid pontil (W. 1.1 cm) is visible at the center of the bottom.

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Unpublished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