Pair of bronze amphora (jar) handles

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5th century BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

These elegant handles were once attached to the sides of a large bronze amphora with two rivets at the rim and one on the satyr-head escutcheon. A bird, perhaps a dove or a duck, surmounts the curving volute at the top of each handle.

Artist

Unknown

Date

5th century BCE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Etruscan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1897