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Ancient Art
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Oinochoe Handle Ending in the Head of a Satyr

ca. 4th–3rd century B.C.

Bronze

14.5 × 7.5 cm (5 11/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Gift of Ruth Elizabeth White
1988.80.7
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Etruscan
Period: 
Hellenistic
Classification: 
Containers - Metals
Provenance: 

Medina Art Galleries, Ltd., New York; Ruth Elizabeth White, acquired from the above; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., acquired from the above, 1988.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions 1988,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (Spring 1989).

Mimi Gardner Gates, “Director’s Report 1988,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (Spring 1989): 118.

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