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Liturgical vessel from the Visigothic period

Museum tags: 
Medieval Romanesque Art
Location: 
Sala 016
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Collection: 
Medieval Romanesque Art
Artist / Maker / Authority: 
Anonymous

Liturgical vessel with truncated-pyramid form, of which the original handle is mising, that, originally it was a welded piece. Decorated based on concentric bands, the central umbo is adorned with reticulated motive in semiespiral, is wrapped with an inscription of big dimensions, with a good quality, in which a name appears, possibly, the name of the promoter of the piece, "Antedius".

Dating: 
Segle VII
Dimensions: 
4,4 x 16,5 x 16,5 cm

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Acquisition: 

Purchase, 1993

Inventory number: 
200216-000