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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.
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Title: Bronze incense burner
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 300 BCE
Culture: Etruscan, Faliscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions:
H. 14 1/4" (36.2 cm)
Width 7 1/4" (18.4 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Gift of Alexander and Helene Abraham, 2000
Object Number: 2000.456.2
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