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Bottle with depiction of four skeletons jumping rope and playing antara (panpipes)

Bottle with depiction of four skeletons jumping rope and playing <i>antara</i> (panpipes)

Bottle with depiction of four skeletons jumping rope and playing antara (panpipes)

Clay and pigment

H: 22.3; W: 14.5; D: 13.5 cm

Gift of Dr. Edwin Pearlman, Norfolk, to American Friends of the Israel Museum

Accession number:

B79.0380

Arts/Americas

Bottle with depiction of four skeletons jumping rope and playing <i>antara</i> (panpipes)

Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Avshalom Avital

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