Ritual vessel & cover
Artist: Artist not known
Location: Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 1122-1100 BC
Dimensions: 26 x 13 x 10 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £4,000)
Vendor: Sydney L Moss
Review number: 2379 (1970)
Provenance:
Schiro collection
Description:
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.
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