CIRCA LATE 7TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A RHODIAN BRONZE DISH
circa late 7th century b.c.
The tondo engraved with a twelve-petaled rosette at the center, enclosed within a band of seventeen palmettes alternating with lotus buds, the exterior of the dish with reinforcement arcs with two loops each, the cast wire, omega-shaped swinging handles looped through the rings
12 1/16 in (30.7 cm.) in diameter excluding the handles
circa late 7th century b.c.
The tondo engraved with a twelve-petaled rosette at the center, enclosed within a band of seventeen palmettes alternating with lotus buds, the exterior of the dish with reinforcement arcs with two loops each, the cast wire, omega-shaped swinging handles looped through the rings
12 1/16 in (30.7 cm.) in diameter excluding the handles
Provenance
Possibly Schweitzer Collection, Switzerland
Literature
von Bothmer, Glories of the Past, no.83.
Exhibited
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Glories of the Past, Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection, September 14, 1990-January 27, 1991.