AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE THYMIATERION FOOT

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 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, both sickle-shaped wings preserving rivets for attachment
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high

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Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 29 November 1989, lot 63.

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For similar feet from Vulci, still supporting the fragmentary thymiaterion, see no. 117 in Haynes, Etruscan Bronzes. According to Oliver (p. 218 in von Bothmer, et al., Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis), "Fifth-century B.C. Greek writers, quoted by an author of the Roman period (Athenaeus I 28 bc; XV 700 c), state how valued Etruscan bronzes were in Athens. Tangible evidence of this is provided by Etruscan bronzes actually excavated in Greece, among them two legs of this very type, one from Olympia, another from Lindos, both from incense-burners probably deposited as votive offerings in the sanctuaries where they were found."