Terracotta handle
The handle, from a large serving dish, is richly decorated with small cupids and a reclining female figure, probably Venus (Aphrodite).
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The handle, from a large serving dish, is richly decorated with small cupids and a reclining female figure, probably Venus (Aphrodite).
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Title: Terracotta handle
Date: 1st century BCE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Terracotta; black-glaze ware
Dimensions: length 2 15/16in. (7.4cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.2118
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