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429. Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.38
Dimensions H. 5.0, Diam. rim 1.6, Diam. base 2.0 cm; Wt. 8.29 g
Date Ninth–tenth centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent greenish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Intact. Completely covered by weathering and incrustation on the exterior; thick black layer of soil on the interior.

Description

Fire-polished rim, bent inward; flaring mouth; conical neck; globular body; convex bottom. Possibly a faint pontil mark (W. approx. 0.8 cm).

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Unpublished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