About the Artwork
Blown Glass Flask
2nd or 3rd century CE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Blue-green blown glass
Overall (diam. at base): 3 × 1 3/4 inches (7.6 × 4.4 cm)
Glass
African Art
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902
1990.209
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Provenance
ca. 1902, excavated in (Fayum, Egypt)
1902, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Egyptian, Blown Glass Flask, 2nd or 3rd century CE, blue-green blown glass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902, 1990.209.
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