Ritual vessel & cover

Artist not known

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

1122-1100 BC

Heavily patinated yu type vessel. It has a fitted domed lid culminating in a flared cylinder intended to form a foot-ring when the lid is upturned, to serve as a cup. Lid and body are ornamented with bands of amphisbaena dragons, the base of the body with long-tailed birds; the handle with monster-masks elongated into cicada-like forms.

• Dimensions: 26 x 13 x 10 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1000 ( Total: £4,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1970
• Vendor: Sydney L Moss

Provenance

Schiro collection

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