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These heavy, solid-cast handles were once attached to a stamnos, a large vessel frequently used by Etruscans during the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods for cremated remains. Each leaf-shaped attachment is decorated with a frontal Silenos head crowned by an elaborate floral wreath.
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Title: Bronze handle of a vessel with Silenos mask
Period: Late Classical
Date: early 4th century BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
Object Number: 10.210.31
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