Ledge Handle with Rams' Heads on Sides
VesselsRoman1st century BCE

Ledge Handle with Rams' Heads on Sides

1st century BCE

Classification
Vessels
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Medium
Leaded bronze, silver inlay eyes
Culture
Roman
Period
Roman Republican period
Century
1st century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

3.2 x 9.8 x 5.2 cm (1 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 2 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Frederick M. Watkins, New Haven, CT, bequest; to the Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1972.

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