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Vessel

Double-spout vase painted in polychrome with two couchant winged figures. The heads wear an elaborate coiled headdress tipped with plant forms that spring from other parts of the body and from the serpent staff held in left hand of figure. Painted face with long projecting tongue. Wings of figures are decorated with human heads and terminate in feathers.

Date
1st century BCE - 6th century CE
In our collection
since October the 4th, 2014 up to now
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (14 x 13.7 cm)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Clay, pigments
Price
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Composition
iron65%
cadmium31%
atium4%