Incense burner

Museum number:

8-3405

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Alternate number:

270 176 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.147

Object count:

2

Description:

Bronze incense burner; tripod base.

Donor:

Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé

Collection place:

Etruria, Central Italy

Culture or time period:

Etruscan

Collector:

Alfred Emerson

Materials:

Bronze (metal)

Object type:

archaeology

Accession date:

1904

Department:

Classical Mediterranean

Comment:

Lion paws; square top, birds at corners; a cat chases a bird up the stem; see several in sale cat. of the Bourguinon coll. & Del Chiaro, 1967

Loans:

S1963-1964 #67: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (March 3, 1964–June 19, 1964), S1978-1979 #9: Saint Mary’s College of California (August 28, 1978–October 26, 1978), and S1979-1980 #9: unknown borrower (August 27, 1979–October 30, 1979)

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