Situla (Bucket for Holy Water)

Unknown maker

Medium: Elephant ivory with gilded copper-alloy mounts and foil inlays
Dimensions: Overall (with handle up): 8 5/16 x 6 1/16 x 5 1/8 in. (21.1 x 15.4 x 13 cm) Overall (with handle down): 6 3/16 x 6 1/16 x 5 1/8 in. (15.7 x 15.4 x 13 cm) Overall (vessel only): 5 3/4 x 5 1/16 in. (14.6 x 12.8 cm) diameter of foot: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Culture: Carolingian
Department: Medieval Art
Classification: Ivories-Elephant
Dated: 860–880
Pixels: 3393 × 3863
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License, verbatimCC0

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Situla (Bucket for Holy Water). 860–880. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.