Basin Handle with Lion and Snake Heads
late 6th century BCE
Dimensions
7.4 x 12.4 x 2.4 cm (2 15/16 x 4 7/8 x 15/16 in.)
Provenance
[Munzen und Medaillen (Basel), Kunstwerke der Antike, May 13, 1961, lot 53]. [Christie's (London), A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, Oct. 27, 2004, lot 302, sold]; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.
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