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Posted: 10 Jan 2008

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Vessel in the Shape of a Fish in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 2007

Vessel in the Shape of a Fish in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 2007

Vessel in the Shape of a Fish
Copper alloy
Roman or Byzantine
Made 300-600

Accession # 62.10.4

The stopper has a butterfly on th end as if the fish were feeding. The vessel have been used to carry ointments to the public baths.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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