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435. Miniature Jar

Accession Number 2003.385
Dimensions H. 2.8, Diam. rim 2.8, max. Diam. 3.1, Th. 0.2 cm; Wt. 13.20 g
Date Ninth–eleventh centuries CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Opaque dark blue glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown
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Condition

Covered with a layer of iridescent weathering, thicker around the neck.

Description

Flaring, fire-polished rim; a simple constriction indicates the transition to the body. Convex shoulder and everted, conical body. The body has been pressed all around ten times, gaining thus an irregular decagonal shape. The bottom is flat, with two deep scars and parts of an annular pontil mark (W. 1.1 cm) visible on it.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 434.

Provenance

Pierre Mavrogordato, Greek, 1870–1948 (Berlin, Germany); by 1974–1988, Erwin Oppenländer, 1901–1988 (Waiblingen, Germany), by inheritance to his son, Gert Oppenländer, 1988; 1988–2003, Gert Oppenländer (Waiblingen, Germany), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003

Bibliography

, p. 206, no. 578.

Exhibitions

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity (Malibu, 2005–2006; 2007; 2009–2010)

Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg and Cologne, 1974–1975)