Intact vessel handle, probably belonging to a large, luxurious basin. The handle forms an arch that was horizontally placed on the vessel. Its upper side is decorated with three rosettes positioned between two lizards facing on opposite directions.
On the handle’s underside, at the joint with the vessel’s body, are depicted two demonic figures. They are Gorgon heads with curly, messed up hair, large eyes with close set eyebrows and protruding tongue.
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