Incense burner and base

Museum number:
8-3406
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
224, 177 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.147
Object count:
2
Description:
bronze incense burner on tripod base with figures and articulating birds, 2nd half of 4th c. BCE. 46h x 14.5 dia. cm.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Etruria (Historic), Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Adonis/Atunis (Greek deity) and Turan (Etruscan deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Incense burners
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Comment:
Repaired October 26, 1976. Stem of right top bird broke at old repair. Joint was cemented and filled with epoxy #907 based on Shell Epon resin formulated by Miller-Stephenson Chemical Co., Inc. of L.A., etc. See accession envelope for 1901 auction catalog from which this item was purchased by Emerson.
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1960-1961 #10: San Francisco State University (February 16, 1961–May 1, 1961), S1963-1964 #67: History of Art (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (March 3, 1964–June 19, 1964), S1965-1966 #86a: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (May 19, 1966–September 6, 1966), S1966-1967 #105: Fogg Museum (Harvard University) (May 3, 1967–unknown), S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), S1977-1978 #46: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (March 17, 1978–April 22, 1981), and S1996-1997 #5d: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 13, 1996–April 17, 1997)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Incense burner and base, accession number 8-3406, described as bronze incense burner on tripod base with figures and articulating birds, 2nd half of 4th c. BCE. 46h x 14.5 dia. cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Incense burner and base, accession number 8-3406, described as bronze incense burner on tripod base with figures and articulating birds, 2nd half of 4th c. BCE. 46h x 14.5 dia. cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Incense burner and base, accession number 8-3406, described as bronze incense burner on tripod base with figures and articulating birds, 2nd half of 4th c. BCE. 46h x 14.5 dia. cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Incense burner and base, accession number 8-3406, described as bronze incense burner on tripod base with figures and articulating birds, 2nd half of 4th c. BCE. 46h x 14.5 dia. cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Incense burner and base, accession number 8-3406, described as bronze incense burner on tripod base with figures and articulating birds, 2nd half of 4th c. BCE. 46h x 14.5 dia. cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Incense burner and base, accession number 8-3406, described as bronze incense burner on tripod base with figures and articulating birds, 2nd half of 4th c. BCE. 46h x 14.5 dia. cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Incense burner and base, accession number 8-3406, described as bronze incense burner on tripod base with figures and articulating birds, 2nd half of 4th c. BCE. 46h x 14.5 dia. cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense burner and base, accession number 8-3406, described as bronze incense burner on tripod base with figures and articulating birds, 2nd half of 4th c. BCE. 46h x 14.5 dia. cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Incense burner and base, accession number 8-3406, described as bronze incense burner on tripod base with figures and articulating birds, 2nd half of 4th c. BCE. 46h x 14.5 dia. cm.

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