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66. Ribbed Bowl

Accession Number 2003.221
Dimensions H. 3.9, Diam. rim 12.8, Diam. base 5.5 cm; Wt. 175.64 g
Date Ca. 50 BCE–ca. 50 CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean; a western European origin cannot be excluded
Material Translucent bluish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Rotary pressed
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Condition

Intact; some encrusted areas.

Description

Vertical, smooth, fire-rounded rim; shallow body decorated with 26 long, vertical, slightly oblique, regularly arranged ribs. Ribs start 1 cm below the rim and range in size from 3.9 to 5.2 cm in length. In the interior, two fine, horizontal grooves are incised at the bottom.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 71.

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. 97, no. 259; p. 99, plate no. 259.

Exhibitions

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