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60. Grooved Bowl

Accession Number 2004.17
Dimensions Η. 8.5, Diam. rim 14.0, Th. 0.5 cm; Wt. 260.91 g
Date Ca. 150–50 BCE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Transparent amber-colored glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Rotary pressed, engraved
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Condition

Fully preserved; mended and filled. Partly covered with weathering.

Description

Thick conical/mastoid bowl with rounded rim and convex bottom. In the interior, three horizontal grooves 0.5 cm wide: one is 1 cm below the rim and a pair at 3 cm, at mid-body. On the exterior, two concentric grooves, 2.8 and 4.2 cm wide and 0.3 cm thick, encircle the bottom.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 59.

Provenance

By 1974–1988, Erwin Oppenländer, 1901–1988 (Waiblingen, Germany), by inheritance to his daughter, Ingrid Reisser, 1988; 1988–2004, Ingrid Reisser (Böblingen, Germany), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004

Bibliography

, p. 93, no. 245.

Exhibitions

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