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67. Ribbed Bowl

Accession Number 2003.222
Dimensions H. 4.5, Diam. rim 12.2, Th. 1.0 cm; Wt. 125.30 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, with a few abrasions and some scratches. Some weathering, and the surface is covered with large areas of iridescence and some with black incrustation.

Description

Vertical, smooth, fire-rounded rim; shallow body decorated with 37 slightly slanting ribs that are quite uniform in size and evenly spaced. The ribs begin 1.2 cm below rim. In the interior there is one horizontal groove, 0.5 cm below rim; a pair of grooves at 2.5 cm indicate the beginning of the curved, lower part of the vessel.

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. 96, no. 255; p. 97, plate no. 255.

Exhibitions

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