THREE ETRUSCAN BRONZE CISTA FEET
THREE ETRUSCAN BRONZE CISTA FEET

CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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THREE ETRUSCAN BRONZE CISTA FEET
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Each depicting the struggle between Aplu and Hercle for the Delphic tripod, both holding the rim of the basin, Aplu to the right, looking back, a bow in his left hand, Hercle to the left, holding his club in his right hand, each wearing a short chiton with a fringed hem, a band of tongues below the groundline, supported on volutes, a lion paw below; together with an Etruscan bronze cista handle, circa late 4th-early 3rd century B.C., in the form of a nude youth, his body arched into a backbend, the feet and left hand perforated and now pinned to a sheet bronze disk with a petal border
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high
來源
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1971, lot 160.
Jean-Marie Talleux, Toulouse, France, 1996 or earlier.

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Molly Morse Limmer
Molly Morse Limmer

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For related bronze cista feet, see nos. 17a & b in Krauskopf, "Apollon/Aplu," LIMC. For a similar handle in the form of a youth in a backbend, see no. 278 in Brendel, Etruscan Art.

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