SYRIA

Flat-bodied flask
4th century CE

Medium

glass

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the Australian Institute of Archaeology, 1967
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Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

glass

Measurements

11.3 × 7.8 × 5.5 cm

Place/s of Execution

Syria

Accession Number

D28-1971

Department

Antiquities

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the Australian Institute of Archaeology, 1967

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Gallery location

Not on display

Physical description

Wine-coloured flask with an outsplayed rim and lip folded upwards and inwards, a cylindrical neck deeply constricted at the base and a circular body in vertical section with flattened sides. The base is slightly flattened by pressure. The vessel is blown, showing a pontil mark, and the sides are flattened by pressure.

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SYRIA

Flat-bodied flask
4th century CE