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"Salt Cellar with Episodes from the Life of Hercules (Unidentified Artist) , 1957.209,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 02, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/227568.
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The hexagonal sides of this box each show the head of a light-skinned figure surrounded by flowers and vines. One figure is white-haired with a crown of leaves, and the other is brown-haired. The white-haired figure appears in scenes on each rectangular side of the box. He is shown raising a club and sword to a hydra, carrying columns over his shoulders, raising a stick above a seated man who looks identical to him, kneeling over a lion, and pulling a bull’s tail. Another panel shows a woman in bed, a seated woman, and a baby holding a snake.