Vessel ornament of reclining lyre-player

Unknown (Etruscan)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
probably 400-375 BC
Height:
5.2 cm  (2 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
bronze with gilding traces

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1986.185]

Description

One of two vessel ornaments showing a reclining figure. This one plays the kithara; the other plays an aulos.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

One of two vessel ornaments; the other is accession number 1986.184.

RIdIM record id

2208