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EditorialHasselmann painter, Oinochoe form I (Girl at the well house), clay, quickly turned, painted (pottery), alternately fired, clay, Total: Height: 29.8 cm; Diameter: 12.7 cm, pottery, young woman, girls, well, water (elements), society/civilization/culture...
EditorialPerfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, ca. 1540?50, The cover and body are binary bronze (copper and tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); the foot is cast in brass (copperzinc alloy with very minor amounts of tin, lead, and the...