Basin Handle with Palmette-Shaped Attachment Plate
VesselsGreek5th century BCE

Basin Handle with Palmette-Shaped Attachment Plate

first half 5th century BCE

Classification
Vessels
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Medium
Leaded bronze
Culture
Greek
Period
Classical period, Early
Century
5th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

11.9 x 8.8 x 1.4 cm (4 11/16 x 3 7/16 x 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby's New York Antiquities Auction, 1985], sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1985-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Sotheby's New York, December 9, 1985, Sale 5398, Lot 267.

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