Harvard Art Museums > 1978.495.62: Swinging Handle Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Swinging Handle , 1978.495.62,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 30, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/310700. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1978.495.62 Title Swinging Handle Other Titles Alternate Title: jewelry piece or furniture handle part Jewelry Piece Classification Vessels Work Type handle Date 1st-3rd century CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World Period Roman Imperial period Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/310700 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast, lost-wax process Dimensions 10.5 x 10.2 cm (4 1/8 x 4 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is green over a thick layer of red. The handle is deeply mineralized, and there is pitting in many areas. The tip of one terminal is lost. The handle appears to have been cast in its current shape, without the aid of additional forming or decoration after casting. Henry Lie (submitted 2002) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Formerly in the collection of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Accession Year 1978 Object Number 1978.495.62 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums One terminal of this omega-shaped swing handle is intact, and the other is missing. The intact terminal is a small sphere with a torus. The majority of the handle is square in section, tapering toward the terminals where it is circular in section. This handle may have belonged to a small balsamarium (1). The handles attached to loops on the body of the vessel itself and were used for suspension (2). NOTES: 1. Such as those in A. Koster, The Bronze Vessels 2: Acquisitions 1954-1996, Collections in the Provinciaal Museum G. M. Kam at Nijmegen 13 (Gelderland, 1997) 82-84, nos. 110-13. 2. Compare 1920.44.175. Lisa M. Anderson Subjects and Contexts Ancient Bronzes Related Works 1920.44.175 Handle Vessels Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
