Praenestine Cista with Cover
[taly, ca. 200 B.C.
Bronze, with incised surface decoration.
height (with lid): 14 1/4 inches (358 mm); box height: 10 1/2 inches (267 mm); box diameter: 8 3/4 inches (222 mm); lid diameter: 8 3/4 inches (222 mm); lid height: 4 inches (102 mm)
AZ046a-b
Provenance
Pasinati, Rome, 1869-1873; A. Castellani; F. Spitzer, Paris; Wencke, Hamburg; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Summary
3-foot Etruscan cista with cover. The feet are in the form of a bird's paw. The handle of the cover is in the form of a female acrobat. Tiny ring on top of lid. The box has a chain looped around it. The decorative engravings on the cista represent figures, some of which are identified by engraved names suggesting a connection with the events of the Trojan War.
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