Decorated bowl with turtle-doves, Ancient Greek Vessel - Museum Replica - pure Bronze Sculpture

Item Specifics

Condition: New, Made in Greece.
Material: Pure Bronze
Height: 9,5 cm - 3,75 inches
Width: 20 cm - 7,87 inches
Length: 14,5 cm - 5,7 inches
Weight: 1200 g

This delightful, elegant bronze bowl is inspired by the 'Mosaic of the Doves' in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. The mosaic, attributed to Sosos, depicts a bird bath, and dates to the 2nd century BC.
The three doves on this 'bird bath' are all different, and are detachable, so they can face in any direction.
The finials of the three feet are in the shape of a serpent head, symbol of health and healing. The interior of the bowl is delicately decorated with recurring patterns.
As the bowl is made of bronze, it would be fine outdoors: the bronze would simply continue to patinate naturally. It is, however, primarily intended as an interior accessory or home accent.
The turtle-dove (the Greeks call them 'peristeri') was, in Greek mythology, the bird of love, sacred to Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty. Doves were said to draw her celestial chariot, and her seven daughters, the Pleiades are known as the 'flock of doves'.
The bird was also sacred to Demeter, goddess of the fertility of the earth. There is also reference to the dove with an olive branch, representing Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace and harmony.