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Bronze basin with six legs

legs: ca. 700–650 BCE; handled basin: 6th century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 170
Such basins, decorated with abstract horsemen and birds, are especially common at Vetulonia, a probable site of manufacture. Most examples have only three legs and a basin without handles. Because the six legs on this piece are of two distinct types, it is likely that the object is really a pastiche composed of disparate ancient elements: two sets of solid-cast legs from about 700–650 B.C. and a handled basin from the sixth century B.C.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bronze basin with six legs
  • Period: Geometric
  • Date: legs: ca. 700–650 BCE; handled basin: 6th century BCE
  • Culture: Late Villanovan and Etruscan
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.8 cm)
    diameter 12 1/4 in. (31.2 cm)
  • Classification: Bronzes
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.11.1
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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