Handle

48-2-277

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-277
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Dog Head
Description

Black patina with traces of incrustation and green patina. Bottom of handle is broken off. Surface is pitted. Handle is in the shape of a curved piece of bronze, somewhat elliptical in section. Top ends in a dog-like head with open mouth to receive a vessel's lip. At top of curve of handle is a projection composed of two superimposed balls.

Length 5.9 cm
Width 5.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 5 - Collector Number | L-2-152 - Old Loan Number

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