Caption

A ladle with a handle decorated with a depiction of Mercury, Mercury myth., Roman deities, ladles, 1st century, Roman Empire 27 BC–476, vessel; height 6.5 cm, width 25 cm, depth 13.5 cm, weight 0.62 kg, A shallow round metal bowl with an attached handle that ends in a circular loop, both showing a mottled surface of bronze, brown, dark brown, and greenish patina; the inner bowl surface has darker brown and black speckling and a ring of deeper discoloration toward the center; the handle displays low-relief decorative elements including curved motifs and a stylized human-like figure in low relief, all sharing the same aged bronze and brown tones with hints of green and darker spots on a pale gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A02_276

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.5Mb (2.9Mb) / 20.0in x 11.4in / 6000 x 3405 (300dpi)

Keywords

A ladle handle decorated depiction Mercury Mercury myth Roman deities ladles 1st century Roman Empire 27 BC–476 vessel height 6.5 cm width 25 cm depth 13.5 cm weight 0.62 kg shallow round metal bowl attached handle ends circular loop showing mottled surface bronze brown dark brown greenish patina inner bowl surface darker brown black speckling ring deeper discoloration center handle displays low-relief decorative elements curved motifs stylized human- figure low relief sharing aged bronze brown tones hints green darker spots pale gray background.