Caption

Strainer with a handle in the form of a swan's head;, swans iconography; tools. Wide, flattened container with a hemispherical strainer and a flat handle ending in a bird's head. 2nd half of the 4th century BC. Etruria. Vessel. Height 23.1 cm; width 11.3 cm; depth 4 cm; weight 0.14 kg., A flat metal object with a long handle and a round, shallow bowl is shown against a pale gray background; the metal surface is mottled with brown, dark brown, and bronze tones with areas of darker corrosion and some greenish-blue patina near the curled end of the handle, the handle itself is textured and tapers to a hooked curled tip, and the bowl has a concentric perforated pattern at its center with a few irregular missing sections and rough, pitted edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A05_403

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.4Mb (2.8Mb) / 20.0in x 10.8in / 6000 x 3225 (300dpi)

Keywords

Strainer handle form swan's head swans iconography tools Wide flattened container hemispherical strainer flat ending bird's head 2nd half 4th century BC Etruria Vessel Height 23.1 cm width 11.3 cm depth 4 cm weight 0.14 kg flat metal object long handle round shallow bowl shown pale gray background metal surface mottled brown dark brown bronze tones areas darker corrosion greenish-blue patina near curled handle itself textured tapers hooked curled tip bowl concentric perforated pattern center irregular missing sections rough pitted edges.