SUBGEOMETRIC DAUNIAN III, LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A CANOSAN TERRACOTTA RAM
SUBGEOMETRIC DAUNIAN III, LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Standing foursquare, with cylindrical shaft rising from its back, the triangular face framed by curling horns, with a flat, pinched tail, the geometric decoration including wave, dashes and scroll motifs, details in added black and red
6 1/8 in. (15.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Hesperia Arts Auction, New York, Antiquities Part I, 27 November 1990, lot 173.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 262.

This ram probably formed the decorative support for an incense burner (thymiaterion).

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