Bronze handle from a cista (toiletry box), Late Classical, 4th century B.C., Praenestine, Bronze, H.: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm), Bronzes, These solid-cast handles depict a popular subject in Etruscan art, warriors carrying the body of a fallen comrade from the battlefield. In these two examples, all the figures are nude, but some handles show them wearing armor, and occasionally the carriers are given wings, indicating that they are the personifications of Sleep and Death
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Bronze handle, cista, toiletry box, Late Classical, 4th century B.C, Praenestine, Bronze, H, 5 1/2, 14 cm, Bronzes, solid-cast, handles, depict, popular subject, Etruscan art, warriors carrying, body, fallen comrade, battlefield, two examples, figures, nude, wearing armor, occasionally, carriers, given wings, indicating, personifications, Sleep, Death
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