Pair of Bronze Hydria Handles with Palmette Terminals, Classical period, ca. 5th century BCE Amulets - GGSA Provenance: Walter Randel private collection

Provenance: Walter Randel private collection since early 1990s thereafter private NJ collection

The manufacturing of this small basket employs a technique known as twining

Tillou (1935–2021)

The pairing of wedjat and djed imagery conveys layered symbolism: the wedjat offered divine protection and healing

well-attested as a libation vessel used in funerary and temple rituals for nearly three thousand years

Pair of Bronze Hydria Handles with Palmette Terminals, Classical period, ca. 5th century BCE Amulets - GGSA Provenance: Walter Randel private collectionThis elegant pair of wide, crescent shaped bronze handles exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of Classical Greek metalwork. Each handle terminates in stylized palmette and volute motifs, carefully modeled in low relief and cast by the lost wax (cire perdue) process. The decorative quality of these attachments suggests they were commissioned for a high status vessel, most likely a large bronze hydria, used for carrying water and often found in