Bronze incense burner

Unknown

ca. 300 BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

The incense burner has three equine legs, a diagonally articulated shaft originally with a small animal running up it, and a square element at the top with four birds surrounding the container for the grains of incense. It belongs to a group of pieces made in the Faliscan area of southern Etruria.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 300 BCE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Etruscan, Faliscan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Alexander and Helene Abraham, 2000