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A PROTO-ETRUSCAN/VILLANOVAN BRONZE CHEEK-PIECE
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Cast in the form of an openwork horse with a smaller horse on its back, with two birds below, the body with a central loop for the bit, with attachment loops below the feet
4 5/8in. (11.75cm.) long
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Cast in the form of an openwork horse with a smaller horse on its back, with two birds below, the body with a central loop for the bit, with attachment loops below the feet
4 5/8in. (11.75cm.) long
Provenance
Stuart C Welch, Jr.
Mathias Komor, NY
Mathias Komor, NY
Literature
Ancient Art in American Private Collections, no. 367, pl. XCVIII. Brendel, Etruscan Art, no. 58.
Exhibited
"Ancient Art in American Private Collections," The Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Dec 1954- Feb. 1955
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ in conjunction with the exhibtion "The Etruscans: Legacy of a Lost Civilization," March-June 1993.
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ in conjunction with the exhibtion "The Etruscans: Legacy of a Lost Civilization," March-June 1993.