Bronze oinochoe (jug) handle with lion's head and female protome
Terminating above in a lion's head flanked by two smaller animal heads and below a female protome flanked by two snakes.
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Terminating above in a lion's head flanked by two smaller animal heads and below a female protome flanked by two snakes.
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Title: Bronze oinochoe (jug) handle with lion's head and female protome
Period: Archaic
Date: 6th century BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Other: 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1960
Object Number: 60.11.7
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