Lot Essay
For a reconstruction of a complete incense vessel excavated at Vetulonia, see pages 30-31 in Avida, ed., Italy of the Etruscans.
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A PROTO-ETRUSCAN/VILLANOVAN BRONZE HANDLE
CIRCA LATE 7TH CENTURY B.C.
In the form of the bust of a man emerging from a four-petalled flower, the figure with broad rounded shoulders, his head set low on the shoulders, with a pointed chin, horizontal mouth, convex bulging eyes, and a straight nose which merges with the slightly arching brow, the pointed ears high on the sides of his head, his long hair with incised strands hanging down his back, his elongated arms grasping the ends of the handle which terminate in griffen heads, both with up-right ears and long curving tongues emerging from their open mouths
4 5/16in. (10.95cm.) high excluding tenon
CIRCA LATE 7TH CENTURY B.C.
In the form of the bust of a man emerging from a four-petalled flower, the figure with broad rounded shoulders, his head set low on the shoulders, with a pointed chin, horizontal mouth, convex bulging eyes, and a straight nose which merges with the slightly arching brow, the pointed ears high on the sides of his head, his long hair with incised strands hanging down his back, his elongated arms grasping the ends of the handle which terminate in griffen heads, both with up-right ears and long curving tongues emerging from their open mouths
4 5/16in. (10.95cm.) high excluding tenon
Provenance
James Loeb Collection, New York and Munich
J.W. Hambuechen
J.W. Hambuechen
Literature
Ancient Art in American Private Collections, no. 224
Brendel, Etruscan Art, no. 61.
Brendel, Etruscan Art, no. 61.
Exhibited
Ancient Art in American Private Collections, The Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Univeristy, Dec.1954-Feb. 1955
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ in conjuction with the exhibition "The Etruscans: Legacy of a Lost Civilization," March-June 1993.
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ in conjuction with the exhibition "The Etruscans: Legacy of a Lost Civilization," March-June 1993.