Cista Handle in the Form of a Man Somersaulting

5th century BCE (Late Archaic-Classical)

11.5 cm 6.3 cm 4.8 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 and 3rd centuries BCE in Praeneste, a site in Latium (the region around Rome) that was heavily influenced by Etruscan...

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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Greece]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Praenestine
माध्यम
bronze
विधा
Metal handles

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