Vase
CultureGerman
MediumPewter
DimensionsOverall: 7 13/16 × 4 3/4 inches (19.84 × 12.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Dillon
Object number62-54
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionGoblet form with spreading foot, columnar shaft tapering gently up and out, to abruptly everted straight-ascending bowl shape. Decorated in low relief. Shaft trisected by three narrow stalks, flanked by flowing, elongated, sweat-tailed addorsed peacocks, and ending in sheat sheaf at top; between each pair of stalks, dorsal view of butterfly.
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