CIRCA 475-450 B.C.

For similar feet from Vulci, still supporting the fragmentary thymiaterion, see no. 117 in Haynes, Etruscan Bronzes. According to Oliver (p. 218 in von Bothmer, et al., Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis), "Fifth-century B.C. Greek writers, quoted by an author of the Roman period (Athenaeus I 28 bc; XV 700 c), state how valued Etruscan bronzes were in Athens. Tangible evidence of this is provided by Etruscan bronzes actually excavated in Greece, among them two legs of this very type, one from Olympia, another from Lindos, both from incense-burners probably deposited as votive offerings in the sanctuaries where they were found."