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Seychelles nut vessel
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Title: Seychelles nut vessel
Date: last quarter of the 16th century
Culture: Portuguese
Medium: Silver (gilded), Seychelles nut (Lodoicea maldivica), horn of a southern serow (Capricornis sumatrensis)
Dimensions: 14 5/8 × 8 3/4 × 13 3/8 in. (37.1 × 22.2 × 34 cm)
Classifications: Metalwork-Silver-Miniature, Natural Substances
Credit Line: Schatzkammer des Deutschen Ordens, Vienna