A zoomorphic base handle of the Classical period in the Kanellopoulos Collection

Abstract

The paper presents a previously unpublished zoomorphic bronze handle, kept in the Museum of Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulou, a private collection at Athens (inv. X-1407). The piece is mentioned in the catalogue of the museum, where it is described as a part of the shelf 55, labelled “objects of Persian art”, but no picture has been published or further investigation carried out. The handle belongs to an “Achaemenid” vessel, either an amphora, anamphora-rhyton (with spout) or some other type of oinochoe or jug.