Ornamented Rod Tripod (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Though primarily a household object, tripods were also prizes awarded at athletic contests and popular dedications to the gods. This three-footed stand, originally for a now-lost bowl, was produced in Vulci, one of the most important of the Etruscan bronze-working centers. The relief appliqués show a feline attacking a deer on each arch and pairs of figures between the arches (one of which shows the hero Herakles—the Etruscan Ercle—with a woman).
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
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