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74. Ribbed Bowl

Accession Number 2003.225
Dimensions H. 5.2, Diam. rim 13.5, Diam. base 3.6, Th. 0.45 cm; Wt. 181.50 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; covered by devitrified, milky white weathering.

Description

Vertical, smooth, fire-rounded rim; deep convex body; flat bottom. Mid-body decorated with 64 short, vertical, slightly oblique ribs, regularly arranged. Ribs start 1.3 cm below the rim and range in size from 1.5 to 2.3 cm in length. On the interior near the base two horizontal grooves 0.1 cm wide are incised.

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)