Bronze patera handle in the form of Lasa

Etruscan

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 170

Rogers Fund, 1919 (19.192.65)

Both handles are elaborately modeled in the form of nude female figures that probably represent the Etruscan nymph Lasa. Typical attributes of this mythical character are wings and elegant jewelry. The handle attachments, at the top on the reverse of each piece, are decorated with an ivy leaf and a female head wearing a necklace of three pendant amulets.

Bronze patera handle in the form of Lasa, Bronze, Etruscan

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Bronze patera handle in the form of Lasa, Bronze, Etruscan
Bronze patera handle in the form of Lasa, Bronze, Etruscan

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