Bronze handle of a shallow basin

Unknown

4th century BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

The attachments at each end of the handle depict Nereids riding hippocamps (sea horses) and bringing a shield and a cuirass (body armor) to Achilles. Because the mythological reference is to the sea, the vase to which the handle belonged may have contained water—a podanypter (foot basin), for example.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century BCE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 1978