Bronze jug

Etruscan

ca. 550–525 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Beaked, trefoil mouth.

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Title: Bronze jug
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 550–525 BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Gift of F. W. Rhinelander, 1899
Object Number: 99.18
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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