A ROMAN BRONZE TWO-HANDLED JUG
A ROMAN BRONZE TWO-HANDLED JUG

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BRONZE TWO-HANDLED JUG
circa 1st century a.d.
The ovoid body with flaring neck and flat rim, with incised concentric rings on the shoulder, each handle with a leaf-shaped terminal with a facing head of a maenad in relief, wearing a wreath of ivy and berries in the hair, a small head in profile to the right on the shaft of each handle, a foliate terminal where the handle joins the neck of the vessel, on a disk base with lathe-turned concentric rings on the underside
9 in. (24.1 cm.) high