Bronze Plaque in the Shape of a Boar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2011

Bronze plaque in the shape of a boar

Period: Classical

Date: ca. 5th–4th century B.C.

Culture: Greek

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm) length 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Purchase, Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen Gift, 2002

Accession Number: 2002.200

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1300...

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This plaque was likely a shield decoration, a rarely preserved but common feature of Greek armor. The powerful effect and great variety of Greek shield devices can be seen in many of the scenes of warriors on vases throughout these galleries.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.