A Greek Bronze Situla Handle, late 4th/3rd Century B.C.

Estimate

10,000 - 12,000 USD

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Description

A Greek Bronze Situla Handle
Length of handles without attachments 8 1/4 in. 21 cm.; height of lion attachment 2 3/4 in. 7 cm.

composed of two semicircular grips rectangular in section and with upward-turned baluster terminals, the frontal attachment (also serving as the spout of the situla) cast in the form of the head of a lion with stippled whiskers and shaggy mane, the attachment on the reverse in the form of the head of a bearded satyr worked in repoussé technique, with full unruly beard and backward-swept hair, his finely modeled face with parted lips and large eyes with dotted pupils and engraved irises.

Provenance

J.J. Klejman, New York, 1971
Christos G. Bastis, New York (Sotheby's, New York, Antiquities from the Collection of the late Christos G. Bastis, December 9th, 1999, no. 129, illus.)

Exhibited

Formerly on loan to The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1980-1999

Literature

Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis, catalogue of the exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987, no. 129, illus.

Catalogue Note

Cf. Andronikos, Vergina, pp. 146 and 147, a complete silver situla with similar handle from the tomb of Philip of Macedon.