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Ladle with a depiction of Iason and a youth at the base of the handle
Italic, Etruscan
Classical Period
500-450 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 32 cm (12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number52.58
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Household
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 606; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 126 (additional published references).
DescriptionTThe long handle ends in the head of an ass. At the base of the handle, on the obverse, there is a youth emerging from the open mouth of a huge dragon-snake (Iason), and, on the reverse, a nude boy walking to the right, while turning his head backwards. Above each figure is a vegetal motif. The deep bowl is sharply carinated near the bottom and has a beaded rim. Side of bowl missing. Green patina, with corrosion and earth deposit.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Charles L. Morley, 25 East 83rd Street, New York 28 (said to have belonged to the Roumanian royal family); purchased by MFA from Charles L. Morley, February 11, 1952, for $75.00