Bronze cista (toiletries box)
Unknown
ca. 325–275 BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art
The engraved cylindrical frieze shows Hercules, wearing his lion skin and brandishing his club as he fights the Amazons with fellow Greek warriors. On the lid, dragon- and horse-headed sea monsters flank a dolphin. The solid-cast lion's-paw feet have attachments in the shape of a crouching lion. The handle shows a nude man and woman standing with their outer arms akimbo.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 325–275 BCE
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- Praenestine
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Courtland Field Bishop, 1922
