VesselsRoman1st-3rd century CE

Handle with Satyr Mask Attachment Plate

1st-mid 3rd century CE

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period

Century

1st-3rd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

7.5 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm (2 15/16 x 7/8 x 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Related Artworks

Silver

Bowl with Floral Decoration

Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century

Arita ware, Kakiemon style: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Vessels

Wine taster's cup

Unidentified Artist, 17th-19th century

Silver

17th-19th centuryFrench

Vessels

Cast of an Arretine Bowl

Unknown Artist

Plaster

Vessels

Tall Vase in the Shape of an Archaic Bronze "Zun" Beaker with Figural and Floral Decoration

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels

19th centuryChinese

Vessels

Globular 'Hu' Storage Jar with Cylindrical Neck, Dished Mouth, 'Pushou'-Mask Handles, and Abstract Decor

Unknown Artist, 1st-2nd century

Lead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, caramel-brown glaze over mold-impressed handles, the decoration created through the application of lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over localized areas of the caramel-brown glaze

1st-2nd century CEChinese