AN ETRUSCO-CAMPANIAN BRONZE DINOS and stand

CIRCA 500 B.C.

Details

AN ETRUSCO-CAMPANIAN BRONZE DINOS and stand
CIRCA 500 B.C.
The ovoid, thin-walled vessel hammered from a single sheet, with a rounded bottom and wide shoulders, the domed lid surmounted by a separately-cast finial in the form of a cock, with flaring tail feathers and peaked crest; the vessel resting on a solid-cast tripod vessel base, with three lion feet incised with dog-tooth and surmounted by volutes, the ring incised with tongues on the exterior, a panel of shorter tongues and zigzag above each foot
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high

Provenance

with Jean Mikas, Paris, 1950s.
French Private Collection.

Lot Essay

According to Haynes, (Etruscan Bronzes, p. 269), cinerary urns of this form were "typical products of the Campanian city of Capua, a region where Etruscans and Greeks lived close to each other," as such they "combine elements of the funerary practice and art of both civilizations."

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