Large Open Vessel With Claw Feet
- Medium
- Cast and hammered
- Dimensions
- 28.2 x 52.3 x 71 cm (11 1/8 x 20 9/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
- Genre
- Vessel
Tags
Unidentified culture
About
Large open vessel with claw feet. Out-turned lip decorated with four separately attached scallop shells in relief. Each leg decorated with tree design. Intact. Antiquity of object is in question. Patina not clearly ancient and iconography unusual. Patch repairs to body of vessel. Legs attached with considerable lead. Lip strengthened with additional sheet metal beneath.