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49. Oinochoe

Accession Number 2003.166
Dimensions H. 8.0, Diam. rim 3.0 × 2.3, max. Diam. 5.2, Diam. base 2.3 cm; Wt. 57.92 g
Date Late sixth–fifth centuries BCE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean, possibly Rhodes
Material Translucent dark blue and opaque yellow and turquoise glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Core-formed; applied handle, rim-disk, base, and unmarvered and marvered threads
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Condition

Intact. Some light weathering on the shoulders and on the base.

Description

Translucent dark blue ground; opaque yellow and turquoise décor. Narrow trefoil rim-disk; short, cylindrical neck; convex shoulder; ovoid body; convex bottom. Short outward-splayed base, concave on its underside, a bit off-center. An opaque light blue strap handle extends from the shoulder to the rim-disk.

An unmarvered yellow thread is wound around the rim. A marvered yellow thread is wound three times in horizontal lines on the shoulder, and below, together with a marvered turquoise thread, wound three–four times and dragged up and down, forming a zigzag pattern. Below this a marvered yellow thread is wound spirally twice.

Comments and Comparanda

See comments on cat. 48. For the classification of this particular oinochoe, see , class I:B, oinochoe form I:2: pp. 150–151, nos. 116–117.

Provenance

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. 54, no. 119; p. 53, plate no. 119.

Exhibitions

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

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