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Unguent bottle
1st century CE-early 2nd century CE

Medium
glass
Measurements
12.2 × 6.7 × 6.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
Mediterranean
Accession Number
D34-1971
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1893
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Bluish-green bottle with an outsplayed rim, the lip folded upwards and inwards and flattened unevenly on top, a cylindrical neck, triangular body pressed in at four places near the base, rendering it faintly four-sided. The base is flattened and slightly convex in one area making the vessel somewhat unstable. The vessel is blown but no pontil mark.