Bronze attachment with silver studs

1st century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

This highly ornate object formed one of the feet on the base of a bronze situla (wine bucket). Examples of this type have been found on the Late Hellenistic shipwreck off the coast of Mahdia, Tunisia and in houses at Pompeii.

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Title: Bronze attachment with silver studs
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 1st century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze, silver
Dimensions: h. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); w. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Object Number: 22.139.78
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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