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Chamberstick with wide base

Large chamberstick with protruding and circular base. Multi-lobed buckle. Spherical base. Quartz-fritte paste (white). Black painted decoration under a turquoise, alkaline and transparent glaze. The side of the base is decorated with six motifs in high relief: two human faces and four floral elements with plant motifs in between. At the bottom and top of the base, above the kink and at the base: four turquoise pseudo-epigraphy bands cut out on a black background. On the spherical part: five horizontal bands with braided lines. Turquoise glaze on the inside of the base.

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Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels

Archaeological artifact archaeological objects

Belgium

Title: Chamberstick with wide base

Description:

Large chamberstick with protruding and circular base.

Multi-lobed buckle.

Spherical base.

Quartz-fritte paste (white).

Black painted decoration under a turquoise, alkaline and transparent glaze.

The side of the base is decorated with six motifs in high relief: two human faces and four floral elements with plant motifs in between.

At the bottom and top of the base, above the kink and at the base: four turquoise pseudo-epigraphy bands cut out on a black background.

On the spherical part: five horizontal bands with braided lines.

Turquoise glaze on the inside of the base.

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