bucket or urn (situla) (Vietnamese, thap)

bronze

height 21.5 cm, diameter 23.2 cm

Dong Son Culture, bronze age Southeast Asia

100 BCE - 100 CE

Provenance: acquired by the present owner, Jack Daulton, in Vietnam

Condition: approximately ten tiny holes, probably from corrosion during burial as a grave good

Discussion:

Bronze vessels of this type are among the grave goods commonly found in Dong Son burials.

The surface features, among other motifs, the "circle-tangent" motif that is typical of Dong Son ornamentation.