The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 7, 2023

Situla

c. 525–450 BC

Etruscan

Bronze

Without handle: 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1951.28

Location

102D Pre-Roman

Fun Fact

The handle includes a loop with attached chain, perhaps meant for hanging.

Description

Known as a situla, or bucket, this bronze vessel features an ovoid body with a flaring neck. The separately made foot is quite elaborate and unusually shaped for this type of vessel. More typical is the handle, designed to swing upward from its two attachments, each finely cast in the form of a frontal siren with earrings and very small, simplified wings.

Citations
Riis, P. J. "Rod-Tripods," Acta Archaeologica 10 (1939), 1-30. Mentioned at p. 3, no. 1.
"Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1951." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39, no. 6 (1952): 131-66. Briefly described, p. 142. www.jstor.org
Riis, P. J. Vulcientia Vetustiora: A Study of Archaic Vulcian Bronzes. [Copenhagen]: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 1998. Pp. 25-26, Figs. 14a-b, as "Formerly Florence art market."
Bardelli, Giacomo. I tripodi a verghette in Etruria e in Italia centrale: origini, tipologia e caratteristiche. 2019. Pp. 286-288, Figs. 321-322.
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.28