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Tripods composed of solid cast rods with lion-paw feet and the foreparts of lions and ducks supporting a hammered collar were often produced at Vulci, one of the major bronze-working centers of the Etruscan world. A related but more ornate example (60.11.11) is on view nearby.
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Title: Bronze tripod and dinos (deep round-bottomed bowl)
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 525–475 BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: total H. 35 3/4 in. (90.8 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Jacob Hirsch, in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Hirsch, 1955
Object Number: 55.129.1a, b
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