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Lens bottle with depictions of animals

UnknownLate La Tène, 400–350 BCE

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Clay vessel with lenticular base, high neck, and wide, protruding mouth. Incised animal imagery decorates the shoulder of this Celtic lenticular bottle. The animals include a stag and a hind, two wild boars, two large birds, two roe deer, and a wolf chasing a hare. Geometric patterns frame the band of animals above and below. The object may have come from a hunter’s grave.

Details

  • Title: Lens bottle with depictions of animals
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: Late La Tène, 400–350 BCE
  • Type: Pottery
  • Medium: Clay
  • Inv. no.: (MVF) IIc 1244
  • ISIL no.: DE-MUS-019212
  • External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Claudia Plamp || Text © Prestel Verlag / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
  • Collection: Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte | Europa, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz

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