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73. Ribbed Bowl

Accession Number 2003.218
Dimensions H. 6.5, Diam. rim 12.9, Diam. base 5.8 cm; Wt. 209.55 g
Date Ca. 50 BCE–ca. 50 CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean; a western European origin cannot be excluded
Material Translucent dark blue glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Rotary pressed
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Condition

Intact; some encrusted areas, and many scratches—traces of use—are visible on the bottom.

Description

Slightly everted, smooth, fire-rounded rim; flat, slightly concave bottom; deep body decorated with 19 vertical, slightly oblique ribs, unequal in size. Ribs begin 1.3 cm below the rim and range in size between 2 and 3 cm. In the interior, three horizontal grooves 0.2 cm wide are incised, one 1.2 cm below the rim and two more at mid-body, 3.3 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

, p. 94, no. 246, plate no. 246.

Exhibitions

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