Bronze tripod and dinos (deep round-bottomed bowl)

Unknown

ca. 525–475 BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

Tripods composed of solid cast rods with lion-paw feet and the foreparts of lions and ducks supporting a hammered collar were often produced at Vulci, one of the major bronze-working centers of the Etruscan world. A related but more ornate example (60.11.11) is on view nearby.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 525–475 BCE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Etruscan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Estate of Jacob Hirsch, in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Hirsch, 1955