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Vessel neck: ANE.1.1997

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Current Location: Gallery 23

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Description

Vessel neck, with modelled human figures around the outside. Figures include a woman with both hands to her breasts, two rows of people and modelled vessels. All figures are stylized with pinched features.

Notes

History note: Erlenmeyer Collection

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.073 m
Width: 0.081 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1997) by Sotheby's

Dating

Iron Age
Circa -0800 BCE - -0701 BCE

Materials used in production

Clay

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Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.1.1997
Primary reference Number: 88009
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.1.1997

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 18 July 2025

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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