cista
- Museum number
- 1884,0614.33
- Description
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Bronze casket (cista) engraved with a scene of Bellerophon (Melerpanta) holding Pegasus by the reins. The handle is cast in the form of a girl holding a perfume bottle, and a young man with oil-flask and scraper (strigil). The feet have lion's paws surrounded by sphinxes. Ladies' toilet articles were kept in such caskets.
- Production date
- 325BC-275BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.50 centimetres (Internal height of cista)
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Height: 26 centimetres (cista without lid or legs)
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Height: 34 centimetres (cista)
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Height: 14.50 centimetres (figures)
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Width: 25 centimetres (cista)
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Width: 11.50 centimetres (figures)
- Location
- On display (G71/dc31)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1977, London, BM, Animals in Art
1980 5 Jun- 26 Oct, London, BM, The Ancient Olympic Games
2003 18 Oct-14 Dec, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2004 17 Jan-28 Mar, Kobe City Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2004 10 Apr-13 Jun, Fukuoka Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2004 26 Jun-29 Aug, Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 11 Apr-10 Jul, Seoul Arts Centre, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 25 Jul-8 Oct, Busan Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 27 Oct-2006 31 Jan, Haengso Museum, Keimyung University, Daegu, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2006 18 Mar-4 Jun, Beijing, Capital Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 3 Feb-27 May, Taipei, National Palace Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 14 Sep-2 Dec, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2009 1 May-20 Sep, Victoria, Royal BC Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2009 11 Dec-2010 10 May, Madrid, Canal de Isabel II, Treasures of the World's Cultures
- Acquisition date
- 1884
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1884,0614.33