Archaic II

Limestone Ram Incense Burner

Limestone incense burner with a relief figure of a ram at the front; the object has a trapezoidal base; the body of the bowl is hemispherical but the receptacle itself is quite shallow; it is supported on one side by a roughly carved circular pillar and the other by the animal relief; the ram's body is shown in profile, but the head - carved in the round unlike the body - faces forward; the front and back legs are extended; the lower part of the upper body of a figure rests on the back of the ram, probably the head of a horned god of the Zeus-Ammon type; some red and yellow paint remaining; rim of the bowl is chipped. Dimensions: Height: 9.40 centimetres Object Type: incense-burner Techniques: painted; carved