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Thymiaterion (incense burner)
Thymiaterion (incense burner)

Thymiaterion (incense burner)

Artist Canosan Workshop
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.Published ReferencesMargaret Ellen Mayo, The Art of South Italy: Vases from Magna Graecia (Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1982).

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” December 14, 1978-January 28, 1979.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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