Lot 23
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE THYMIATERION
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE THYMIATERION
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE THYMIATERION
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE THYMIATERION
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE THYMIATERION

CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE THYMIATERION
CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Kunstwerke der Antike, Auktion XXII, Münzen und Medaillen A.G. Basel, 13 May 1961, lot 70.
Archéologie, Islam, Claude Boisgirard, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30 June 1993, lot 86.
Private Collection, Paris and Geneva, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the current owner.

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Lot Essay

The shaft of this elegant thymiaterion features a muscular nude youth, standing with his weight on his right leg, while his left leg is raised and bent at the knee, atop a claw-footed tripod. The top would have originally terminated in a bowl designed to hold incense. For a similar example, see no. 97.22.22 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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