/internal/media/dispatcher/1398558/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=55A4C0F645B8FAE421622B83807FDA11Nude female figure, handle of a patera (shallow bowl)350-300 B.C.Height: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)BronzeHenry Lillie Pierce Fund98.6790Nude young woman which served as a patera handle. She stands at ease, both arms raised to hold the vessel. She is wearing only a pair of soft, flat shoes and a necklace with a bulla flanked by two crescent-shaped pendants. Her face is rounded, her eyes wide. She has her hair parted in the center and falling in waves through the forehead to the ears. A thick ribbon decorated with a diamond shaped pattern crowns her head. She supports the attachment plate for a bowl with both hands, the juncture element takes the form of tendrils and on the back it is decorated with a palmette. She stand on a circular flat base. Rich green patina.Sculpture14.800000000018.000000000010601