Bronze handle

late 6th century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 157

This handle would have been one of two that held the bail of a situla (pail). A situla appears on the adjacent cup by Douris (1986.322.1). The projections that secured the handle to the vase are in the form of hippalektrya, composite creatures that are part horse and part cock.

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Title: Bronze handle
Period: Archaic
Date: late 6th century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 1 1/8 x 3 7/16 in. (2.9 x 8.7 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1955
Object Number: 55.11.2
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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