Figurine

Handle

48-2-161

From: Italy | Florence (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-161
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Florence (uncertain)
Date Made 399-300 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Dolphin
Description

Dolphin. Brown patina. Intact except for one tail fin. Dolphin is head down with its tail curving over its back. It is cast together with a heptagonal base, flat underneath and gently convex on top.

Height 4.8 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 86 - Collector Number | L-2-239 - Old Loan Number

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