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584. Fragmentary Statuette of a Male Figure

Accession Number 2003.406
Dimensions L. 6.9, W. max. (with handles) 2.9 cm; Wt. 6.97 g
Date Possibly seventeenth–eighteenth centuries CE
Production Area Probably Europe
Material Translucent yellowish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Free-blown; applied elements
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Condition

Fragment. Heavily weathered and discolored with a milky yellow iridescence.

Description

Hollow statuette of a human figure, probably male. It was formed of an originally conical hollow mass of glass that was squeezed to assume a lentoid cross section; three constrictions at regular intervals indicate the neck, the waist, and the beginning of the legs. Fine threads are applied on the sides, forming small loops that render the arms and ears of the figure. The lower legs are broken off. Possibly the finial of a vessel.

Comparanda

No parallels have been found.

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. 215, no. 624.

Exhibitions

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