Cleveland Museum of Art

Sleep and Death Cista Handle

Unknown artist

400–375 BCE

Type: Sculpture
Medium: bronze
Dimensions: with base: 18.5 x 18.3 cm (7 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.); without base: 14 x 17.4 cm (5 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)
Culture: Etruscan
Credit: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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