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Sauceboat

Sauceboat





Artist : Anonymous

Date : near 2200 B.C.

Material : Beated gold metal sheet
Acquisition : Purchase (1887)
Louvre Museum

Denon Wing
Entresol Level - Section 01a
Item 3 on 92
Greek Antiquities
Container

Area related
Cyclades Islands (Greece)

Description   

Characterized by a deep bowl ant troughlike spout, the sauceboat may have originated in the Cyclades, but was commonplace throughout the Aegean world during the Early bronze age. The shape is best represented in terracotta. Only two examples in gold are known, this one and a close counterpart in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
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