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Handle in form of Potnia Theron
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Handle depicting winged female figure with two long braids. At the center she grasps two felines by their front paws, faces frontal. The upper corners of the handle terminate in ram heads.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Henry W. Haynes Boston MA (by 1912) bequest; to the Department of the Classics Harvard University (1912-1977) transfer; to the Fogg Museum.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University Bequest of Henry W. Haynes 1912
Title: Handle in form of Potnia Theron
Description:
Handle depicting winged female figure with two long braids.
At the center she grasps two felines by their front paws, faces frontal.
The upper corners of the handle terminate in ram heads.
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