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430. Flask

Accession Number 79.AF.184.26
Dimensions H. 4.8, Diam. rim 2.4, Diam. base 3.0 cm; Wt. 13.40 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

Cracked and mended. Iridescence and incrustation on both the exterior and the interior.

Description

Fire-polished rim, bent inward; conical neck; sloping shoulder. Twelve faint thrusts turned the lower part of the body into a multifaceted shape; slightly concave 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Unpublished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