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Handle of a small cista
Italic, Etruscan
Hellenistic Period
4th–3rd century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number99.476
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 524.
DescriptionMale nude acrobat arching backwards, arms raised beside his head and palms upwards. The legs are together, and the feet are correspondingly so, on the small circular plinth above the rear tenon. Both tenons are pierced for attachment within the lid. Dark bluish-green patina with brown crust on the back.
ProvenanceBy 1898-9: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome 1898-9. [with 99.475 a-c]); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1899, for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)