Medium: Bronze
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:313–642 C.E.
Dimensions: 6 3/8 x Diam. 3 1/16 in. (16.2 x 7.7 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 37.1540E
Image: CUR.37.1540E_view2.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Tall vessel of lead covered by a thin layer of bronze. The piece has an octagonal base, and a bulbous octagonally faceted body. On each facet of the body there is engraved a highly stylized lotus. The neck is also octagonal. It widens as it rises to the octagonal rim which has vertical sides decorated with a series of horizontal grooves. Two ridges separate the neck from the body. The base is octagonal with its under surface being decorated by a series of concentric circles. Condition: Three holes in the body; spots of incrustation; otherwise good.