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Object Number:30-33-7A
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Culture:Scythian
Provenience: Russia
Maikop
Kuban
Date Made: 499-400 BCE
Early Date: -499
Late Date: -400
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Gold
Technique:Granulation
Iconography:Vase
Height: 2.5 cm
Length: 4 cm
Outside Diameter:1 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from the Anderson Galleries (Canessa Estate Sale), subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1930

Description

vase-form with granular ornamentations

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) View Objects in Exhibition
Classical Gallery: Greece (1975 - 1989) View Objects in Exhibition
Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Collection] Leskov, Aleksandr M. 2008. The Maikop Treasure.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 47, no. 55View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, and Follett, T. 1985. "Curating Behavior In Old World Archaeology". MASCA Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 3. pg. 150-153 : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 152View Objects related to this

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