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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 600 - 800; Classification(s): metalwork, vase; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991 [O.22-1991]
Description: Bronze; pear-shaped octagonal in section, standing on a slightly splayed octagonal foot; an octagonal collar separates the body from the slender neck, which supports a broad octagonal rim with a deep groove flanked by shallower grooves on the side and a deep groove on the top surrounding the circular mouth. The body is decorated with slender pointed leaves centred on the facets and a band of chevrons above the foot. Inside the footring there are two engraved concentric circles. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | metalwork vase Unknown | Temporal: | name=7th century-8th century; start=600; end=800 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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