nuxt-macm-collection

The nude athlete carrying a discus is surmounted by a column with a cat climbing to catch a bird; the incense pan with two more birds. The tripodal feet in the form of seahorses.

h. 46.5 cm

Late 5th-4th century BC

Bronze

Provenance

Ex Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York, 1957
Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries at Sotheby's Antiquities Sale, London, 9th July 1984, lot 264
Sold to L.A. Pratt, Detroit, April 1988
Reacquired from D. Pratt, December 2001
Sold to J.A., Amadora (Portugal), December 2004
Reacquired by Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, July 2009
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 30th November 2009, AJ0902C

Publications

Adolph Hess, Hess & Schab, Bedeutende Kunstwerke aus dem Nachlass, Jacob Hirsch, Luzern, 1957, no.54
J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Vol. IV, Royal-Athena Galleries, 1985, no.179
J. M. Eisenberg, Gods & Mortals II, Bronzes of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2002, no.33
J. M. Eisenberg, Bronzes of the Ancient World from Italy to Egypt, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2004, no. 24

Exhibitions

University of Miami Art Museum, Miami, USA, 1988 — 1995
Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie (Indiana), USA, 1996 — 2001
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
Défis et Sports, de l'Antiquité à la Renaissance, Draguignan, France, 15th December 2023 — 24th March 2024

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Etruscan Bronze Thymiaterion (Censer) with Discobolus (Discus thrower)

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