Skip to main content
Thymiaterion (incense burner)
Thymiaterion (incense burner)

Thymiaterion (incense burner)

Datelate 4th–3rd century BCE
MediumTerracotta with pigment
DimensionsH. 19 in. (48.3 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number77.1.6
On View
On view
ProvenanceWith Mathias Komor, New York; sold to NCMA, 1977.
Object Rights Statement

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) makes images of its collection available online to support research and scholarship and to inform and educate the public. Certain works of art, as well as the photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, or related interests not owned by the NCMA. The responsibility for ascertaining whether any such rights exist and for obtaining all other necessary permissions remains with the applicant. To request images and/or permissions from the NCMA, please complete our online request form.

Askos
Canosan Workshop
3rd century BCE
Double Situla
Canosan Workshop
late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Jar with Handle
Sub-Dipylon Workshops
750–725 BCE
Woman Holding a Child
Unknown
circa 1400–1150 BCE
Bull
Unknown
circa 1300–1150 BCE
Amphora with Geometric Decoration
Unknown
circa 700–650 BCE
Bull's Head Rhyton
Darius Painter Workshop
circa 340–320 BCE
Miniature hydria with draped youths
Unknown
circa 510–500 BCE
Bell krater with Dionysos and retinue
the Meleager Painter
circa 400–370 BCE
Oversized aryballos
Unknown
late 7th–early 6th century BCE
Column Krater
Unknown
early 5th century BCE
Neck Amphora featuring Herakles and King Memnon
Three Line Group
circa 530–520 BCE