Bronze handle from a cista (toiletry box)
These solid-cast handles depict a popular subject in Etruscan art, warriors carrying the body of a fallen comrade from the battlefield. In these two examples, all the figures are nude, but some handles show them wearing armor, and occasionally the carriers are given wings, indicating that they are the personifications of Sleep and Death.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bronze handle from a cista (toiletry box)
- Period: Late Classical
- Date: 4th century BCE
- Culture: Praenestine
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: H.: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Overall: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Other (nail): 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm) - Classification: Bronzes
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909
- Object Number: 09.221.11
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Etruscan
4th century BCE
Praenestine
ca. 325–300 BCE
Praenestine
ca. 350–300 BCE
Praenestine
ca. 325–275 BCE
Praenestine
ca. 350–325 BCE
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