Pair of bronze situla (bucket) handles

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6th century BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

A symmetrical arrangement of volutes, palmettes, and entwined serpents forms a highly decorative pair of handles that originally were attached to a bronze situla. The pairs of holes at the top of each attachment would have held bronze swing handles.

Artist

Unknown

Date

6th century BCE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Etruscan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1908