Bronze footbath with stand, late 5th–early 4th century B.C.
Greek
Bronze; H. 8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm)
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1938 (38.11.5a,b)
Technical Glossary
Greek
Bronze; H. 8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm)
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1938 (38.11.5a,b)
This elegant footbath has a low, broad bowl with a delicate overhanging lip decorated with small beads and a pattern of narrow tongues around the outer edge. Its two long, slender handles curve up at the center and have a vertical ring of large beads at the highest point. At both ends, the handle is secured to the bowl by soldering a pair of pendant palmettes with coiled volutes above long, slim leaves with rounded tips. Long, curved projections extend from the outer sides of the palmettes, ending in bell-shaped florals on the rim of the bowl that frame the handles.
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Related Index Terms
Geography/Place
- • Vessel, organized by culture
- • Vessel, organized by culture, Europe
- • Vessel, organized by culture, Europe, Balkan Peninsula (including Greece)
Material and Technique
- • Metalwork, Bronze
- • Metalwork, Bronze, Europe
- • Vessel, Shallow, Europe
- • Vessel, Shallow (Platter, Plate, Basin, Bowl)
Technical Glossary
- • Bronze
