Handle from a volute krater
Handle from a volute krater
Handle from a volute krater
Handle from a volute krater
Handle from a volute krater
Handle from a volute krater

Currently not on view

Handle from a volute krater,

4th century BCE or later

Greek or Roman
1996-14

Information

Title
Handle from a volute krater
Dates

4th century BCE or later

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
16.3 x 13.0 cm (6 7/16 x 5 1/8 in.) w. (of volutes at bosses) 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hans A. Widenmann, Class of 1918, and Dorothy Widenmann Foundation
Object Number
1996-14
Culture
Greek
Period
Roman (style or period)
Type
handles: tool components, metalwork, volute kraters
Materials
bronze
Subject
birds, volutes, bead and reel moldings

Purchased from Fortuna Fine Arts, New York in 1996.

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