Lot 143
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FOOT

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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FOOT
CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.

Cast in the form of a kneeling nude youth, his hands on his hips and his long hair cascading to his pulled-back elbows, riding upon a winged lion's paw, the paw riveted to an open-work base, the wings (the right wing missing) once riveted to an incense burner, 4 1/2in. (11.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a similar example, see no. 124 a and b in Oliver, et al, Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis, and for a nearly complete incense burner in Rome, and a single foot found at Olympia, see nos. 117 and 118 in Haynes, Etruscan Bronzes.