Lot Essay
For similar examples see nos. 117-118 in Haynes, Etruscan Bronzes.
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CIRCA 475-450 B.C.
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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE THYMIATERION FOOT
CIRCA 475-450 B.C.
In the form of a nude youth kneeling on a winged lion paw above a round pad, the youth with his arms akimbo, his legs bent back below him, his musculature finely modelled, his long hair bound in a fillet and falling beyond his elbows, the individual strands of hair finely incised, preserving rivets on the reverse for attachment
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long
CIRCA 475-450 B.C.
In the form of a nude youth kneeling on a winged lion paw above a round pad, the youth with his arms akimbo, his legs bent back below him, his musculature finely modelled, his long hair bound in a fillet and falling beyond his elbows, the individual strands of hair finely incised, preserving rivets on the reverse for attachment
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long
Provenance
T. Fujita, Tokyo.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, no. 90-21.