On view
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Handle of a cista (cylindrical box) lid depicting wrestlers, possibly Peleus and Atalanta,
late 4th century BCE
Etruscan
Etrusco-Hellenistic Period, ca. 323–100 BCE
y1985-2
Information
Title
Handle of a cista (cylindrical box) lid depicting wrestlers, possibly Peleus and Atalanta
Dates
late 4th century BCE
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
h. with tang 9.6 cm, h. without tang 8.1 cm, l. base 14.3 cm, w. figures 9.1 cm, w. base 3.2 cm (3 3/4 x 3 3/16 x 5 5/8 x 3 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1985-2
Place Made
Europe, Italy, Etruria (central Italy)
Place Excavated
Europe, Italy
Culture
Materials
Subject
Formerly in the S. Pozzi and Spencer-Churchill collections; purchased by the Museum in 1985.
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Catalogue of antiquities from the Northwick Park collection: the property of the late Captain E. G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C.: sold at auction...on Monday, June 21, 1965 and the two following days, (London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1965).
, lot 502 -
David Gordon Milton and Suzannah F. Doeringer, Master bronzes from the classical world, (Mainz on Rhine, Germany: Printed by P. von Zabern, 1967).
, p. 239; cat. no. 232 - John Boardman, et. al., Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae (LIMC), (Zürich: Artemis Verlag, 1981-2009)., Vol. 4: p. 883, Demeter 468; p. 726, pl. 442, Herakleidai 9; p. 806, pl. 536, Herakles 1409; Vol. 5: p. 755, pl. 498, Iris I 153;
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Egyptian, classical, and Western Asiatic antiquities and Islamic works of art: ..auction...February 8, 1985...:exhibition, February 2-8, 1985..., (New York: Sotheby's, 1985).
, cat. no. 89 (Illus.) - "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1985," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 45, no. 1 (1986): p.16–42, p. 31
