Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 92
roded. Ace. No. G.R. 279. 66 HANDLE OF A VASE IN THE FORMOF A YOUNG GIRL bent backward. She isleaning against and placing both hands on theupper attachment, which terminates at each endin an animals head. This attachment is curvedand was fitted upon the rim of the vase, which,to judge from the… … 65 STATUES, STATUETTES, AND RELIEFS tral part of the attachment. Her feet rest on a plaque fashioned in theform of a Gorgoneion with protruding tongue. The pose is very graceful and the workmanship spirited. It is Greekand belongs to the late archaic period, that is,to the first half of the fifth…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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