Inv. n°: MMoCA345

Etruscan Bronze Cista (Bucket) Handle of Two Nude Youths Probably the Dioscuri

Standing frontally, each with one arm on the other's shoulder.

h. 8.7 cm

Late 5th century BC

Bronze

Provenance

  • Possibly from Palestrina
  • Ex French collection, France
  • Acquired by Tajan Sale, Drouot, Paris
  • Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries at Tajan Sale, Drouot, Paris, 23rd April 2007, lot 245
  • Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 24th June 2009, TPD60

Publications

  • Tajan Sale, Drouot, Paris, 23rd April 2007, p. 70, lot 245
  • J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2008, vol. XIX, p. 25, fig. 48

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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