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Bowl

Bowl
 2nd century CE-3rd century CE

Medium
glass
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
glass
Measurements
5.5 × 9.4 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution
Eastern Mediterranean
Accession Number
3945-D3
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Light green shallow bowl with an outsplayed rim, the lip rounded in the flame, a cylindrical body with a rounded carination at the link in with the base. The base is convex with a marked thickening in the centre and a shallow kick below. The bowl is blown but no pontil mark.

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