File:Ewer with Elephant-Headed Spout.jpg

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Summary

anonymous: Ewer with elephant-headed spout   
Artist
Unknown artistUnknown artist
Title
English: Ewer with elephant-headed spout
Object type metalworking / ewer / metal artwork 
Description
English: This bronze ewer with an elephant head pouring spout originated in Vietnam from the late 2nd to 3rd centuries during the Han dynasty and is part of the Asian art collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Français : Aiguière en bronze au bec verseur à tête d'éléphant
Sunda: Téko perunggu ti Viét Nam ti abad ka-2 nepi ka abad ka-3 jaman wangsa Han. Koléksi seni Asia di Musieum Seni Métropolitan di New York.
Date fin IIe au IIIe siècle
Medium bronze 
Dimensions height: 29.8 cm (11.7 in) ; width: 28.9 cm (11.3 in) 
dimensions QS:P2048,+29.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+28.9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Asian art
Accession number
2004.59
Place of creation Vietnam 
Place of discovery Viêt Nam
Object history J. J. Lally & Co. , New York, until 2004
Credit line Friends of Asian Art Gifts
References The Met object ID: 72377 
Source/Photographer https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/72377

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Bronze ewer with elephant head spout, Vietnam, late 2nd to 3rd century

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The Met object ID

72377

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Asian Art

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Ewer with elephant-headed spout

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