Vessel with six animal friezes
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 10th–8th century BCE
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 13 1/16 × 8 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (33.2 × 21.3 × 21.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Vessels
Culture: Iran
Period: Iron Age II
Themes: Animals
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1964
Met highlightDate range
-1000 – -700
Largest dimension
21.3 cm
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