Basse Yutz Flagons

Basse Yutz Flagons
The Basse Yutz Flagons as displayed in the British Museum
MaterialCopper alloy, coral, glass and resin
Size40 cm high
Createdmid-5th century BCE
DiscoveredBasse Yutz, France
Present locationBritish Museum, London
RegistrationPalart.550

The Basse Yutz Flagons are a pair of Iron Age ceremonial drinking vessels that date from the mid 5th century BCE. Since their discovery in ill-documented circumstances in the 1920s and their subsequent purchase by the British Museum, they have been described as "great masterpieces" that "combine most of the key features of early Celtic Art". They are in many respects very similar to the Dürrnberg Flagon found in Austria.