Vessel with Leaf Ornament

ca. 250-100 BCE (Hellenistic)

8.1 cm 6.8 cm

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This lavishly decorated vessel depicts the abundant vegetation of the Dionysian realm. The elaborate sculptural decoration was formed by repoussé (a technique in which metal is impressed from the rear to form a raised design) and incision; the neck was turned on a lathe; and d...

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Found at Cavalla, Thrace; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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