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70. Ribbed Bowl

Accession Number 2003.220
Dimensions H. 5.6, Diam. rim 11.1, Diam. base 5.8 cm; Wt. 166.57 g
Date Ca. 50 BCE–ca. 50 CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean; a western European origin cannot be excluded
Material Translucent amber-colored glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Rotary pressed
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Condition

Intact; some encrusted areas.

Description

Vertical, slightly everted, smooth, fire-rounded rim. Deep body decorated with 19 vertical, slightly oblique ribs, unequal in size. The upper part of the body is ground; for 1 cm below the rim the glass is totally smooth, and lower traces of the ribs become visible. Ribs begin 1.9 to 2.3 cm below the rim and range in size, some of them extending to the bottom. In the interior, three horizontal grooves are incised; one wider—0.4 cm—at 0.7 cm below the rim, and two thinner ones—0.2 cm—at mid-body, that is, 3.9 cm below the rim.

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

, pp. 94–95, no. 249; p. 98, plate no. 249.

Exhibitions

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

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