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Source Description
Incense burners in this form were used to burn frankincense. The absence of burn marks on this example indicates that it was probably a burial gift. The maiden is probably the goddess Kore (Persephone) who, with her mother Demeter, was deeply revered in South Italy.
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Document identity
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21632
label
Incense Burner in the Form of a Female Head
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title
Incense Burner in the Form of a Female Head
description
Incense burners in this form were used to burn frankincense. The absence of burn marks on this example indicates that it was probably a burial gift. The maiden is probably the goddess Kore (Persephone) who, with her mother Demeter, was deeply revered in South Italy.
provenance
Sale, Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 13 December 1982, p. 45, lot 173. Dr. Frederick G. Stern, Potomac, MD, by 1984, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, December, 1985, by gift.
date
3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
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Ceramics
incense burners
figurines
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cm
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17.5
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12.1
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11
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6 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 5/16 in. (17.5 x 12.1 x 11 cm)
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Greek
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terracotta with paint
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2237
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