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Two salt-cellars with satyrs
Adam van Vianen (I), 1621
Throughout the ages, salt was treated with respect: it was expensive and was ascribed curative properties. Salt-cellars were thus often ornate works of art fashioned from costly materials. These salts have a basic triangular shape. Each corner consists of a satyr or faun, a mythological creature with a human body and the legs, ears and horns of a goat.
- Artwork typesalt (condiment vessel)
- Object numberBK-1960-16-A
- Dimensionsheight 27.0 cm x diameter 11.5 cm, weight 409 gr, diameter 11.5 cm