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Patera with handle in the shape of a female nude figure
Italic, Etruscan
Hellenistic Period
about 3rd century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 38.3 cm (15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.989
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 530.
DescriptionThe patera has a shallow bowl with a ring and bracket on the upper rim. At the opposite or lowest part is attached a yoke supported by a nude girl holding a strigil in the right hand and placing the left on her hip. She wears her hair done up in a cloth, a necklace, and low shoes. She stands on a triangular plinth, with another ring for suspension attached to its bottom. She is probably meant to represent a Spartan girl; at Sparta girls exercise like men and boys.
Condition: Pale green patina.
Condition: Pale green patina.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: bought in Rome); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 1903