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Vessel

ca. 1750–1500 BCE
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vessel
  • Date: ca. 1750–1500 BCE
  • Geography: Made in Central Europe
  • Culture: Early Bronze Age
  • Medium: Gold
  • Dimensions: Overall: 4 3/16 x 4 in. (10.7 x 10.2 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Gold
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and Caroline Howard Hyman Gift, in memory of Carmen Gómez-Moreno, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.185
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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