Group of four vases
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 2300–2000 BCE
Medium: Electrum, gilded silver, silver
Dimensions: H. of vase with lid 9 13/16 in. (25 cm) H. of cup 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) diameter of phiale 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm) H. of beaker 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classification: Gold and Silver
Culture: Northwest Anatolian
Period: Latter part of the Early Bronze Age
Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
Met highlightDate range
-2300 – -2000
Largest dimension
25.0 cm
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