The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Priest with Patera (a) and Pedestal (b) [ARK00021]
Attached People: Collector (major) - Bargrave, John (1610-1680)Location(s): Current location at - Canterbury Cathedral Library and Archives (Library and/or Archive) -> Canterbury Cathedral (Institution)
Annotation:[Canterbury Catalog: (a) Statuette of male priest holding patera, a round shallow dish or vase used by the Romans who had adopted it from the Etruscans at their religious ceremonies, either in making libations of wine to the gods or in receiving the blood of sacrificial victims. (b) With pedestal made of wood and not securely fixed to statuette, labelled.]