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Duck vase
Greaves in bronze
Development of the design of the decoration of the situla
Situla in bronze foil
Tomb of the situla
Duck vase
Greaves in bronze
Development of the design of the decoration of the situla
Situla in bronze foil
Tomb of the situla

Duck vase

Anonymous

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Archaeological Museum of the Sforzesco Castle

Archaeological Museum of the Sforzesco Castle

Piazza Castello, Milan

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The X tomb of Albate presents the richest grave goods of the whole necropolis and testifies to the honors paid to the high-ranking deceased in the Golasecchian society around the middle of the sixth century BC. It is a female burial, as the types of bronze, coral and glass ornaments indicate. The kit also includes a situla and the so-called duck vase. The situla, used to contain drinks during banquets, is used here as a cinerary urn, deprived of the handle, probably a symbolic reference to death that breaks the bonds to life. The artifact is in bronze foil and is embossed. The duck-shaped vase which, due to its particular shape and difficult practical use, is considered of ritual use. In Nordic mythology, the water bird is linked to the sun because it recalls the boat, with the bow and stern in the shape of a bird, which carries the star on its journey across the sky.
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Title: Duck vase

Author: Anonymous

Date: 6th century B.C.

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Displayed in: Archaeological Museum of the Sforzesco Castle

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