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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
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Flask in the shape of a fish, 1st–2nd century A.D.
Afghanistan, Begram
Blown glass; 3 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (8.7 x 10.7 x 20 cm)
National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul, 04.1.45
Photo: © Thierry Ollivier / Musée Guimet
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No less important than the extraordinary collection of Indian ivories—and found in the same "treasure chamber"—is a group of classical objects that includes glassware, stucco medallions, and bronze statuettes. The collection of glassware is of outstanding quality scarcely equaled by that of any museum in the Western world. The glass objects display different techniques, shapes, and decoration, but all seem to originate in workshops of Roman Alexandria. This bottle in the shape of a fish is an exquisite example of a type of perfume container that was very popular in the Greco-Roman world.
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