Lot Essay
For a lidded cinerary urn of the same shape, found in Capua, see no. 64 in Haynes, Etruscan Bronzes.
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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
A CAMPANIAN BRONZE DINOS
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A CAMPANIAN BRONZE DINOS
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The ovoid body of hammered sheet, with a rounded base and separately-cast wide rim ornamented with tongues on its flat upper surface, beading at the outer edge, and tongues overhanging below, the vessel body with engraved tongues on the shoulders, a band below with animals and monsters facing left, divided by branches, including a lion, a panther, a dog, a goat, a dog, a deer, a dog, a boar, a right-facing animal (its head lost), a boar, a right-facing lion, a lion, a triton with a fish in each hand, a hippocamp, a dog, and a goat
17 in. (43.1 cm.) diameter
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The ovoid body of hammered sheet, with a rounded base and separately-cast wide rim ornamented with tongues on its flat upper surface, beading at the outer edge, and tongues overhanging below, the vessel body with engraved tongues on the shoulders, a band below with animals and monsters facing left, divided by branches, including a lion, a panther, a dog, a goat, a dog, a deer, a dog, a boar, a right-facing animal (its head lost), a boar, a right-facing lion, a lion, a triton with a fish in each hand, a hippocamp, a dog, and a goat
17 in. (43.1 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Alexandra Tully, New York; thence by descent to the current owner in the 1940s-50s.
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