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Bowl

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, (Syria)
Bowl
 2nd century CE-3rd century CE

Medium
glass

Measurements
5.5 × 9.4 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Eastern Mediterranean

Accession Number
3945-D3

Department
Antiquities

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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