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77. Bowl (Patella), Double Convex Bowl

Accession Number 2003.234
Dimensions H. 4.0, Diam. rim 7.8, Diam. base 3.1 cm; Wt. 56.47 g
Date First half of the first century CE, probably second quarter of the first century CE
Production Area Probably Italy
Material Opaque light blue glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Cast
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Condition

Intact; some areas of discoloration on the interior and on one side of the exterior.

Description

Horizontal rim; carinated body with two convex curves; outward-splayed base-ring, with rectangular cross section. On the interior, a fine groove just below the rim.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 75.

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. 105, no. 284.

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)