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Handle of a bowl or basin
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 5th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Benjamin W. Crowinshield
Accession Number81.197
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 432; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 124 (additional published references).
DescriptionElliptical hanging ring of a horizontal handle, octagonal in section and with a central band. It swings from an hour-glass (double-spool) attachment. Fine green encrustation, with brown areas and remains of earth.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Benjamin W. Crowninshield Collection (according to the Registrar's Register of Metalwork: from Athens); gift of Benjamin W. Crowinshield to MFA, November 3, 1881