GREEK VOLUTE-KRATER BRONZE HANDLE
ca. 500 - 450 BC
height cm 30 (without stand)

Characterized by the fine articulate structure, composed by volutes spaced out by stylized palmette and the lower terminals assume typical swans' heads shape. Close comparisons in the British Museum (1865,0103.43 volute-krater probably from Tarentum; cf. Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum. Greek, Roman & Etruscan, London 1899, no. 258) and in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (volute-krater found at Spongano, near Vaste, South Italy; cf. Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1971, no. 441).
Light patina, likely from the sea.

Provenance. English private collection; purchased in Germany in the early 2000s.