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Flagon with pointed base
Flagon with pointed base

Flagon with pointed base

Artist Unknown
DateProbably late Roman to Early Byzantine Period
MediumCeramic
Dimensions5 5/8 x 2 3/4 in. (14.3 x 7 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth F. Gervais-Gruen
Object number92.7.19
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceElizabeth F. Gervais-Gruen, Chapel Hill, NC; given to NCMA, 1992. Published ReferencesGazette des Beaux-Arts no. 1490 (Mars 1993), 94.
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