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Unguent bottle

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN / ITALY / GAUL
Unguent bottle
 2nd century CE

Medium
glass

Measurements
13.2 × 7.1 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr W. D. Fulton, 1967
© Public Domain

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Eastern Mediterranean / Italy / Gaul

Accession Number
1517-D5

Department
Antiquities

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Green unguent bottle with a widely splayed rim with lip folded upwards and inwards, a cylindrical neck, faintly tooled but not constricted at the junction with the body, and a flattened base. The vessel is blown; no pontil mark.

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