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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
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Eastern Mediterranean
Accession Number
D67-1981
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
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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