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CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE CISTA HANDLE
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
In the form of two standing nude females with interlaced arms, their other arms level with the shoulders with bent elbows, the hands held palm-down, both wearing beaded diadems, with stylized curly hair falling to the napes of the necks
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
In the form of two standing nude females with interlaced arms, their other arms level with the shoulders with bent elbows, the hands held palm-down, both wearing beaded diadems, with stylized curly hair falling to the napes of the necks
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with Spink and Sons, London, 1954.
Dr. Robert Waelder (1900-1967), Philadelphia; thence by descent.
Dr. Robert Waelder; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 2 June 1995, lot 27.
Dr. Robert Waelder (1900-1967), Philadelphia; thence by descent.
Dr. Robert Waelder; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 2 June 1995, lot 27.
Literature
Ancient Art in American Private Collections, Fogg Museum, Cambridge, 1955, supplement to the catalogue no. A13.
D. Mitten and S.F. Doerigner, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, Mainz, 1967, no. 209.
D. Mitten and S.F. Doerigner, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, Mainz, 1967, no. 209.
Exhibited
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, "Ancient Art in American Private Collections," December 1954-February 1955.
Philadelphia, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, on loan in 1954.
Philadelphia, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, "What We Don't Know," August 1964.
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum; City Art Museum of St. Louis; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Master Bronzes from the Classical World," December 1967-June 1968.
Philadelphia, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, on loan in 1954.
Philadelphia, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, "What We Don't Know," August 1964.
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum; City Art Museum of St. Louis; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Master Bronzes from the Classical World," December 1967-June 1968.
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