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anonymous: Ewer with elephant-headed spout  wikidata:Q59572538 reasonator:Q59572538
Artist
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Title
English: Ewer with elephant-headed spout
Object type metalworking / ewer / metal artwork Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: This bronze ewer with an elephant head pouring spout originated in Vietnam from the late 2nd to 3rd centuries during the Han dynasty and is part of the Asian art collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Français : Aiguière en bronze au bec verseur à tête d'éléphant
Sunda: Téko perunggu ti Viét Nam ti abad ka-2 nepi ka abad ka-3 jaman wangsa Han. Koléksi seni Asia di Musieum Seni Métropolitan di New York.
Date fin IIe au IIIe siècle
Medium bronze Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 29.8 cm (11.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 28.9 cm (11.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+29.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+28.9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Asian art
Accession number
2004.59
Place of creation Viet Nam Edit this at Wikidata
Place of discovery Viêt Nam
Object history J. J. Lally & Co. , New York, until 2004
Credit line Friends of Asian Art Gifts
References The Met object ID: 72377 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/72377

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Bronze ewer with elephant head spout, Vietnam, late 2nd to 3rd century

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