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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.
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Title: Bronze handle of a vessel
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 1st century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: w. 6 4/5 in. (17.3 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Gift of Miriam Schaar Schloessinger, 1966
Object Number: 66.119.1
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