Description:

Greece, early 7th cent. BCE. Angled tubular shape with a stylized lotus flower on which a bird, with lens-shaped head, is perched. Three transverse drill holes in the bottom section. Just under 2-1/2"H (6.2cm).

For similar vessel attachments with birds, cf. W.-D. Heilmeyer, Frühe olympische Bronzefiguren. Die Tiervotive. OF XII (Berlin 1979) 270 ff., pls. 118-120; M. Comstock - C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Boston 1971) 11 f., nos. 9-10 with illus.; J. Dörig, Art Antique. Collections privées de Suisse Romande (Geneva 1975) no. 106 with illus.

Provenance: Formerly London, England art market; JDC, Triere und Mischwesen, Cat. 13 (Basle, 2001) no. 35.

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