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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
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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