Oinochoe Handle with Acrobats

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Member of
Ancient Sport and Spectacle
Linked Agent
Photographer: Trustees of the British Museum
Resource Type
Three dimensional object
Genre
Bronze Object
Physical Form
tactile material
Extent
H: 7.62 cm
Subject
athlete
Female
Bronze
Handle
Oinochoe
Greek
Male
Archaic
Temporal Subject
6th c. BCE
Note
Dates to c. 540 BCE.
Viewer Override
OpenSeadragon
Access Condition
Attributed to the Trustees of the British Museum under the license CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
Abstract
Statuette of a boy and girl acrobat that functioned as the handle for an oinochoe.
Institution Name
British Museum
Institution Url
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_detai…