Cista Handle in the Form of Two Wrestlers

4th-3rd century BCE (Late Classical-Hellenistic)

18 cm 11.3 cm 3 cm

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Cistae were containers used to safeguard precious objects, including mirrors, perfume flasks, and cosmetics. A particular type of cista was made during the 4th to 3rd centuries BCE in Praeneste, a site in Latium (the region around Rome) that was heavily influenced by Etruscan...

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W. H. Forman Collection Sale, London, 1899, no. 141; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Praenestine
माध्यम
bronze
विधा
Metal handles

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