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69. Ribbed Bowl

Accession Number 2003.224
Dimensions H. 4.5, Diam. rim 13.5, Diam. base 5.2, Th. 0.4 cm; Wt. 217.73 g
Date Ca. 50 BCE–ca. 50 CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean; a western European origin cannot be excluded
Material Translucent greenish glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Rotary pressed
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Condition

Intact. Many scratches from usage on the bottom.

Description

Vertical, smooth, fire-rounded rim; shallow, convex body; flat bottom. Mid-body decorated with 56 short vertical, slightly oblique ribs, regularly arranged. Ribs begin 1.3 cm below the rim and range from 2.2 to 2.7 cm in length.

Comments and Comparanda

On this form of vessel, see cat. 71. For comparanda, see cat. 68.

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. 257; p. 96, plate no. 257.

Exhibitions

Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity (Malibu, 2005–2006; 2007; 2009–2010)

Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples (Los Angeles, 2009)

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