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Unguent bottle

Unguent bottle
 2nd century CE-early 3rd century CE

Medium
glass
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Frank R. Jeffery, 1933
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
glass
Measurements
16.3 × 9.0 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution
Eastern Mediterranean (Cyprus / Syria)
Accession Number
3433B-D3
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Frank R. Jeffery, 1933
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Green bottle with a rim outsplayed to a flange, tooled upwards and inwards and flattened by pressure on top to form a hollow, tubular rim, a cylindrical neck expanding slightly downwards, a convex-sided triangular body and a flat base, still somewhat convex and rendering the vessel unstable. The vessel is blown but no pontil mark.

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