Object Image

Silver phiale (libation bowl)

Offset lip, shallow omphalos, carination on shoulder and ninety-five chased tongues on the outside.

Credit: The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 1980

6th century B.C.
Silver
17.1 x 17.1cm
1980.11.13
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018

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