Two bronze handles

Greek

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155

These beautifully executed handles belonged to a large basin. The combination of eyes, palmettes, and scrolls is familiar from terracotta vases, though the motifs would not be combined so densely. The lion's head and forepaws are appropriate to metal vases because they afford as broad a join as possible between the handle and the body of the vase.

Two bronze handles, Bronze, Greek

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Two bronze handles, Bronze, Greek
Two bronze handles, Bronze, Greek

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