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Flask

Flask
1st century CE-2nd century CE

Medium
glass

Measurements
10.4 × 8.4 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Edith Grace Elijah, 1981
© Public Domain

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Eastern Mediterranean

Accession Number
D67-1981

Department
Antiquities

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Physical description
Greenish-amber flask with an everted rim with a convex fold below, a globular body and a concave base. The flask is decorated with thirteen vertical ridges on the body, in relief on both the inner and outer surfaces. The vessel is blown.