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Bowl

700 BC - 650 BC (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Palestrina (found)

Gold bowl, lined with a thin sheet of gold and decorated with granulation.


Object details

Categories
Containers
Metalwork
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Gold, granulated
Brief description
Gold bowl, lined with a thin sheet of gold and decorated with granulation, found at Palestrina, near Rome. 700 BC - 650 BC.
Physical description
Gold bowl, lined with a thin sheet of gold and decorated with granulation.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.5cm
  • Diameter: 10.9cm
Style
Etruscan
Object history
Bologna Exhibition RF.1999/144
Production
Said to have been found in a tomb at Palestrina (modern name for Praeneste), near Rome.
Subject depicted
Granulation
Bibliographic references
  • Hase, Friedrich-Wilhelm von. Die frühetruskische Goldschale aus Praeneste im Victoria und Albert Museum. Archäologischer Anzeiger, 1974. Beiblatt zum Jahrbuch des deutschen archäologischen Instituts. Band 89, pp. 85-104
  • Wolters, Jochem. Die Granulation. Munich, 1983.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
241-1894

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Record createdMay 3, 2005
Record URL
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