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Vessel in the Shape of a Bear in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2007

Vessel in the Shape of a Bear in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2007
Vessel in the Shape of a Bear
Copper alloy
Roman or Byzantine
Made 200-400 AD, possibly in Rome

Accession # 66.18

The bear was a popular animal in exhibitions and circus acts. The vessel, probably used for oils or ointments for the bath, would have been filled through the hinged opening at the back of the bear's neck and emptied through its mouth.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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