Fragment from a hydria or amphora handle, with a gorgoneion
Fragment from a hydria or amphora handle, with a gorgoneion
Fragment from a hydria or amphora handle, with a gorgoneion
Fragment from a hydria or amphora handle, with a gorgoneion

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Fragment from a hydria or amphora handle, with a gorgoneion,

ca. 600–580 BCE

Greek
y1990-83

Information

Title
Fragment from a hydria or amphora handle, with a gorgoneion
Dates

ca. 600–580 BCE

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
preserved: 9.8 x 8.8 x 2.8 cm (3 7/8 x 3 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Joyce von Bothmer
Object Number
y1990-83
Place Made

Europe, Laconia, Greece

Culture
Greek
Period
Laconian
Type
amphorae, handles: tool components, hydriae, metalwork
Materials
bronze
Subject
mythology, ovolos, gorgons, faces

Purchased from Hesperia Arts Auction, Ltd., NY, in 1990.

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