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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A GREEK BRONZE HORSE
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK BRONZE HORSE
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Probably Peloponnesian, solid cast, standing with all four legs and its tail on a rectangular integral plinth, with bulging haunches, a narrow torso, a sharp cresting mane, pointed ears and a slender tapering muzzle
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Probably Peloponnesian, solid cast, standing with all four legs and its tail on a rectangular integral plinth, with bulging haunches, a narrow torso, a sharp cresting mane, pointed ears and a slender tapering muzzle
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Literature
A.P. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part II, Mainz am Rhein, 1986, no. 53.