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Miniature Ointment Flask
Unknown3rd - 4th century
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Free-blown ointment flask of blue-green glass with a long, wide, and misshapen neck. The lip is folded over the inside edge. Nearly the entire vessel is covered with a weathered layer of iridescent white, silver, and yellow. The inside and much of the outside are also incrusted.
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Details
- Title: Miniature Ointment Flask
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 3rd - 4th century
- Location Created: Eastern Mediterranean
- Physical Dimensions: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
- Type: Flask
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Glass
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2003.397
- Culture: Roman
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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