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Description
Gilded silver vase, pierced at the bottom like a colander and possibly intended as a strainer or sprinkler, embossed in high relief upon a gilded ground; plain neck; monogram (tamga) punched on the rim at 90 degree angle to the vessel; body decorated with scenes showing a grape harvest, specifically a pair of symmetrically arranged vines covering the entire surface and rising from a row of trilobed figures representing hilly ground, which are punched with various flowers and plants; amongst the branches, the tendrils of which are sometimes represented by dotted and punched lines, are disposed six birds (including a cock, parrot and falcon) and two foxes, both the latter stealing grapes; while on either side, between the extremities of the two vines, is a nude boy with a bobble cap or (according to Dalton) his hair tied in a knot on the top of his head. The second figure grasps the stem of a large bunch of grapes with one hand while cutting it with a curved sickle-knife held in the righ… (See Merlin record for full description)
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