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THE PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA THYMIATERIA
CANOSAN, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300 B.C.
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TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA THYMIATERIA
Canosan, Hellenistic Period, Circa 300 B.C.
Including one in the form of Nike, wearing a peplos, her wings upraised, her left arm at her side, the right projecting forward, standing on a spool-shaped pedestal, her head surmounted by a shaft which, together with the edges of her wings, supports the bowl, preserving extensive pigment over white slip; and one in the form of a female head on a square plinth, wearing a garland of ivy leaves and berries, surmounted by acanthus leaves supporting the bowl, preserving traces of pigment over the white slip
9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm) high for the larger (2)
Canosan, Hellenistic Period, Circa 300 B.C.
Including one in the form of Nike, wearing a peplos, her wings upraised, her left arm at her side, the right projecting forward, standing on a spool-shaped pedestal, her head surmounted by a shaft which, together with the edges of her wings, supports the bowl, preserving extensive pigment over white slip; and one in the form of a female head on a square plinth, wearing a garland of ivy leaves and berries, surmounted by acanthus leaves supporting the bowl, preserving traces of pigment over the white slip
9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm) high for the larger (2)
Literature
Exhibition of Greek and Etruscan Antiquities, pl. 64 (female head).
Simon, The Kurashiki Ninagawa Museum, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, no. 140 (female head).
Simon, The Kurashiki Ninagawa Museum, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, no. 140 (female head).
Exhibited
Exhibition of Greek and Etruscan Antiquities, Tokyo (1974) (female head).