Lot Essay
For a similar example thought to be from South Italy, see no. 543 in The Ernest Brummer Collection, Ancient Art, vol. II.
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A GREEK BRONZE VESSEL FOOT
Circa Late 6th Century B.C.
In the form of a bust of a female deity with sickle-shaped wings, wearing a polos, with long tresses of hair falling over the shoulders, separated from the lion's paw below by a half-cylindrical section with three raised mouldings, 6 1/4in. (15.9cm.) high
Circa Late 6th Century B.C.
In the form of a bust of a female deity with sickle-shaped wings, wearing a polos, with long tresses of hair falling over the shoulders, separated from the lion's paw below by a half-cylindrical section with three raised mouldings, 6 1/4in. (15.9cm.) high
Provenance
J.J. Klejman, New York
Exhibited
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, loan 1959.
What We Don't Know, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, August 1964.
What We Don't Know, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, August 1964.