CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C

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AN ETRUSCAN RED-FIGURED BEAK-SPOUTED OINOCHOE
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C
The neck with the Etruscan goddess of dawn, Thesan, seated on a rocky outcrop facing right, holding Tinthu's lyre in her left hand, its plectrum in her right, the body with band of palmettes, details in added white
9½ in. (24 cm.) high

Provenance

The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzerland; acquired prior to 1970.

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Lot Essay

Tinthu, the Greek Tithonus, a rhapsode, was along with Ganymede pursued by the goddess of Dawn to become her lover. The goddess eventually bore two sons by Tinthu and asked Zeus that he might be granted immortality; however, she forgot to ask for eternal youth which destined him to perpetual physical deterioration.

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