CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE CISTA FOOT
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
3 5⁄8 in. (9.2 cm.) high

Provenance

James Loeb (1867-1933), New York and Munich, the noted classicist and philanthropist.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.
Albert L. Hartog, New York, acquired from the above, 1960s.
The Albert L. Hartog Collection of Ancient Art; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 18 December 1996, lot 11.
Art Market, Switzerland, acquired from the above.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 22 September 1998, lot 461.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XVI, 2005, no. 36; vol. XXVI, 2016, no. 34).

Exhibited

Morristown, NJ, Morris Museum, The Etruscans: Legacy of a Lost Civilization, March-June 1993.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Solid cast, this cista foot is composed of a winged nude male running to the right along a stylized wave pattern, above a lion’s paw. His legs are bent in the “Knielauf” position, an Archaic device used to convey rapid movement. His winged, pointed boots are distinctly Etruscan. This figure is related to an example in Malibu thought to depict Usil, the Etruscan sun god, and it is likely the figure here represents the same deity (see no. 73 in M. True and K. Hamma, eds., A Passion for Antiquities: Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman).

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