Stirrup-spout Bottle

600-200 BC

17.8 cm 24.1 cm

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This stirrup spout vessel is quite plain, with just a simple braided design at the top, suggesting either a piece of woven cord or perhaps the pattern of a snake’s skin. However its burnished surface is satisfying almost completely without ornament. The “stirrup spout” was one...

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Economos Works of Art; purchased by John G. Bourne, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
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