Bronze Cista

Etruscan

Fitzwilliam Museum

3rd century BC

Made in the Latin town of Praeneste. The lid handle is made out of a naked man and woman standing together. The surface is decorated with incised line drawings. On the lid Scylla, hippocamp, sea-monster, octapus, and other sea creatures are depicted; on the body are Athena and Hercules fighting giants, with Victory approaching in a chariot. The feet are in the form of 3 crouching lions.

• Medium: bronze
• Dimensions: 41 x 23 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1000 ( Total: £5,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1965
• Vendor: Christie's

Provenance

Capt E.G.Spencer-Churchill.

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