Two bronze handles, Archaic, late 6th–early 5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, length of base 5 9/16in. (14.2cm), Bronzes, These beautifully executed handles belonged to a large basin. The combination of eyes, palmettes, and scrolls is familiar from terracotta vases, though the motifs would not be combined so densely. The lion's head and forepaws are appropriate to metal vases because they afford as broad a join as possible between the handle and the body of the vase
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