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Flask

Flask
 1st century CE-2nd century CE

Medium
glass
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Edith Grace Elijah, 1981
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
glass
Measurements
10.4 × 8.4 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution
Eastern Mediterranean
Accession Number
D67-1981
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Edith Grace Elijah, 1981
© Public Domain
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
Gallery location
Not on display
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.

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