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Source Description
Known as a <em>situla</em>, or bucket, this bronze vessel features an ovoid body with a flaring neck. The separately made foot is quite elaborate and unusually shaped for this type of vessel. More typical is the handle, designed to swing upward from its two attachments, each finely cast in the form of a frontal siren with earrings and very small, simplified wings.
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Document identity
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128290
label
Situla
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128290
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object
title
Situla
description
Known as a <em>situla</em>, or bucket, this bronze vessel features an ovoid body with a flaring neck. The separately made foot is quite elaborate and unusually shaped for this type of vessel. More typical is the handle, designed to swing upward from its two attachments, each finely cast in the form of a frontal siren with earrings and very small, simplified wings.
date
c. 525–450 BCE
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language
en
wikidata
Q60752115
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Metalwork
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1
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dimensionsRaw
without handle: 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.)
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Etruscan
accession
1951.28
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tombstone
Situla, c. 525–450 BCE. Etruscan. Bronze; without handle: 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1951.28
collection
GR - Etruscan
didYouKnow
The handle includes a loop with attached chain, perhaps meant for hanging.
citations
citation
Riis, P. J. "Rod-Tripods," <em>Acta Archaeologica </em>10 (1939), 1-30.
page_number
Mentioned at p. 3, no. 1.
citation
"Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1951." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 39, no. 6 (1952): 131-66.
page_number
Briefly described, p. 142.
citation
Riis, P. J. <em>Vulcientia Vetustiora: A Study of Archaic Vulcian Bronzes</em>. [Copenhagen]: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 1998.
page_number
Pp. 25-26, Figs. 14a-b, as "Formerly Florence art market."
citation
Bardelli, Giacomo. <em>I tripodi a verghette in Etruria e in Italia centrale: origini, tipologia e caratteristiche.</em> 2019.
page_number
Pp. 286-288, Figs. 321-322.
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 06:37:17.148000
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128290
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Etruscan
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bronze
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