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Thymiaterion
Italic, Etruscan
Findspot: Vulci
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); diameter 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.907
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 437.
DescriptionYellow clay, unpainted; plastic moldings on rim, sides and foot. Italo-Corinthian (Linear).
ProvenanceBy 1889: Prince Torlonia Collection (excavated at Vulci, 1889: Gsell, Fouilles de Vulci, tomb no. XLIX); by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: [one of the] Contents incomplete of an early VIth Cent tomb at Vulci [containing MFA vases 98.901-909, 912-914, 916, 920]); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)