Serpentine "Blossom Bowl " or "Bird's Nest" vase
VesselsNear Eastern3rd millennium BCE

Serpentine "Blossom Bowl " or "Bird's Nest" vase

c. 2500-2000 BCE

Classification
Vessels
Technique
Carved
Medium
Stone
Culture
Near Eastern
Period
Bronze Age
Century
3rd millennium BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

3.3 x 3 x 6.6 cm (1 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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