Lot Essay
A related Athenienne with a torch-bearing figure of Hymen applied to the spreading triangular stem is in the Karlsruhe Badisches Landesmuseum (G3785, illustrated in H.Ottomeyer and P.Proschel Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986, vol. 2, p.362, fig. 5.12.1). A closely related pair of Brûle parfums were in the Fribourg Collection were sold at Sotheby's, London, 17 October 1963, lot 645