Vessel metal / flagon

Description

Silver flagon with repousse decoration of biblical scenes, from Traprain Law, 410 - 425 AD

Museum reference

X.GVA 1

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Vessel metal / flagon

Date

410 - 425

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver; showing The Fall, The Adoration, Moses striking the Rock, etc

Collection place(s)

Traprain Law, East Lothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• The Magi: Legend, Art and Cult (25 Oct 2014 - 25 Jan 2015)
  Museum Schnütgen

• Byzantium, 330 - 1453 (25 Oct 2008 - 22 Mar 2009)
  Royal Academy of Arts

• Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art (18 Nov 2007 - 30 Mar 2008)
  Kimbell Art Museum

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

national museum of scotland »
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