563. Bracelet

Condition

Weathering has given parts a purple iridescence, and there is some incrustation in places.

Description

The bracelet is made of a rod of glass, D-shaped in cross section, that was bent to form a closed circle. The area where the two ends meet was flattened to form a medallion. There are no signs of painted or other decoration on any part of it. A groove runs along part of the inside surface.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 561.

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

von Saldern et al. 1974, p. 252, no. 733.

Exhibitions

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