Handles and feet of a bronze louterion (basin), 1st quarter of the 5th century


Handles and feet of a bronze louterion (basin), Archaic, 1st quarter of the 5th century , Greek, Bronze, feet, a-c: 3 1/4 × 3 5/8 in. ( × cm), Bronzes, The three feet are in the shape of lions' paws. The handles terminate in recumbent satyrs (followers of the wine god, Dionysos) holding drinking horns. The iconography is usual for an object that contained water


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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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