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Flat-bodied flask

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, (Syria)
Flat-bodied flask
 1st century CE-2nd century CE

Medium
glass

Measurements
21.6 × 15.8 × 2.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the Australian Institute of Archaeology, 1967
© Public Domain

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Eastern Mediterranean

Accession Number
D26-1971

Department
Antiquities

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

Physical description
Green, flat-bodied flask, the rim folded outward, upwards and inwards and flattened on top by pressure, a cylindrical neck, a circular body in vertical section, with flattened sides and a convex base. Each flat face of the body is decorated in the left-hand upper corner with a mould-blown cross. The neck and rim were pre-blown into a mould; pontil-mark on base.

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