Lot Essay
Tinia was the most powerful god in the Etruscan pantheon and was often depicted with the thunderbolt and the eagle, the same attributes associated with Zeus and Jupiter in Greek and Roman religion.
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ITALIC BRONZE TINIA
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ITALIC BRONZE TINIA
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
4 ¼ in. (11.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
4 ¼ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Provenance
with Elsa Bloch-Diener, Bern.
Acquired from the above prior to 1991.
Acquired from the above prior to 1991.
Literature
I. Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, Mainz, 1991, no. 142.