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Drinking Horn

1436

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Drinking Horn, Gilded copper, champlevé enamel, and horn (bos bonasus or domesticated cow), German — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Drinking Horn, Gilded copper, champlevé enamel, and horn (bos bonasus or domesticated cow), German

Drinking Horn, Gilded copper, champlevé enamel, and horn (bos bonasus or domesticated cow), German

Drinking Horn, Gilded copper, champlevé enamel, and horn (bos bonasus or domesticated cow), German

Drinking Horn, Gilded copper, champlevé enamel, and horn (bos bonasus or domesticated cow), German

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Title: Drinking Horn

Date: 1436

Geography: Made in Nuremberg, Germany

Culture: German

Medium: Gilded copper, champlevé enamel, and horn (bos bonasus or domesticated cow)

Dimensions: 9 1/2 × 12 9/16 × 4 15/16 in. (24.2 × 31.9 × 12.6 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy

Credit Line: Private Collection

Accession Number: L.2015.77

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