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Description: | Bronze kettle and lid. The body of the kettle is ridged and rounded. It is decorated with two raised figures of dragons, one on each side around the centre, and covered with small figures of animals, with two human figures one at each side where the towering handle, which has a dragon in relief on each side, meets the body of the kettle. Each of these human figures carries a sword and round shield. One animal figure hangs vertically from the spout. On the lid there is a figure of a dog lion. The whole surface of body and lid is decorated in relief with intricate foliage motifs.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 18.3.64/1 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | bronze kettles lids (containers) iron Food and Feasting | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-66026 | Go to resource |
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