Beaked Flagon (Oinochoe)
Beaked Flagon (Oinochoe)
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Published 2020-09-16T15:50:18+00:00
Culture: Etruscan Material: Bronze Dims: H 25.9 Accession No: MG 015 Current Location: The Hunt Museum, Limerick. A beak-spouted flagon of beaten bronze on a splayed base with a bulbous shoulder, narrow neck and flat rimmed pouring mouth. The cast handle has a terminal on the body, decorated with a palmette, S-spirals and scrolls ending in a lotus flower above and a lyre below. Above, the handle forks ending in two animal heads with setback ears appearing to represent crouching felines. This is a type known as ‘Schnabelkanne’, a distinctly ‘Celtic’ style manufactured from the late sixth-century BC in Etruria. They were often placed in Celtic princely graves and traces of wine have been found in some flagons. More.
| Date published | 16/09/2020 |
| Title | Beaked Flagon (Oinochoe) |
| Date | c. 5200BC |
| Accession | MG 015 |
| Period | pre-Fourth Century BC |
| Medium | Metal |
| Record | https://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/beaked-flagon-oinochoe/ |
| Place | Hunt Museum |