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79. Bowl

Accession Number 2003.236
Dimensions H. 3.0, Diam. rim 8.6, Diam. base 5.8, Th. 0.2 cm; Wt. 76.00 g
Date First half of the first century CE, probably second quarter of the first century CE
Production Area Probably Italy
Material Opaque white glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Cast
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Condition

Intact and in good condition, with very few nicks and scratches. Some brown discoloration or incrustation on the exterior surface.

Description

Flaring, almost horizontal rim delineated from the body with a fine horizontal groove on its interior and a wide groove on its exterior. Body walls curve mildly, tapering toward the flat bottom.

Comments and Comparanda

This shallow bowl belongs to a very rare type of Early Roman cast vessels, mainly carinated plates and bowls and rectangular trays, executed in striking colors of single-colored opaque, translucent, and mosaic glass in the first half of the first century CE (, pp. 254–256). This particular shape, though, is not included among the principal forms of the group and the closest parallel is of unknown provenance, housed in the Princeton University Art Museum (, p. 70, no. 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. 108, no. 291; p. 109, plate no. 291.

Exhibitions

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