Wide-neck flask
Artist
Unknown
Datecirca 5th–6th century
MediumGlass (mold-blown and tooled)
DimensionsH. 7 ½ in. (19.1 cm) x Diam. 4 in. (10.1 cm) x Diam. of rim 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift from the Estate of Frances T. Rudge by her children
Object number91.13
On View
On viewProvenanceReportedly purchased in Egypt, 1920s (per Rudge family, see file), by William Edwin Rudge II (1876-1931), New York, NY; to son, Frederick Gould Rudge (1911-1985); to wife, Frances T. Rudge (1914-1988), Chapel Hill, NC, 1985; to Estate of Frances T. Rudge, 1988; given to NCMA, 1991.
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