Bronze situla (bucket)
The decoration of the vessel, particularly the lively ornamentation evident in the adorsed palmettes and tongue pattern on the body, is characteristic of high quality Etruscan metalwork of the Classical period. The hole between two birds in the center of the handle is for the attachment of a chain, preserved on other examples.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bronze situla (bucket)
- Date: ca. late 5th–early 4th century BC
- Culture: Etruscan
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: 10 in. × 6 in., 41.266oz., 4 1/4 in. × 4 5/8 in. × 19 in. (25.4 × 15.2 cm, 1170g, 10.8 × 11.7 × 48.3 cm)
- Classification: Bronzes
- Credit Line: Purchase, Patricia and Marietta Fried Gift, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.434
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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ca. 350 BCE
late 6th century BCE
2nd quarter of the 6th century BCE
4th century BCE
6th century BCE
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