Bronze handle of a vessel
Unknown Artist
It is likely that this handle in the form of central bead flanked by finely worked leaves decorated either a hydria or lebes, two ceremonial vessels used for dispensing water or wine.
Credit: Gift of Miriam Schaar Schloessinger, 1966
1st century B.C.
Bronze
17.3 x 17.3 cm
66.119.1
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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