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Etruscan Stamnos Handle in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018

Etruscan Stamnos Handle in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018
Stamnos Handle with Satyr Head Plates (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

Date: 5th-4th century BC

Culture: Etruscan

Category: Metalwork

Medium: bronze

Collection: Ancient Art

Dimensions: Overall: 6 1/4 × 5 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (15.88 × 14.29 × 6.35 cm)

Object Number: 82.202


This handle was probably attached to a stamnos (a type of storage vessel frequently used as a cinerary urn). Lance-shaped leaves are common on such handles, usually decorated (as here) with floral motifs and head of a silenus, one of the followers of Dionysos.

Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-8119489

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