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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A GREEK BRONZE STALLION
SOUTH ITALIAN, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK BRONZE STALLION
SOUTH ITALIAN, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Depicted galloping, with all four legs and the tail outstretched, his head turned to his right, with canted ears, the hair of the mane and tail incised, a perforation through the open mouth, the genitalia rendered
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long
SOUTH ITALIAN, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Depicted galloping, with all four legs and the tail outstretched, his head turned to his right, with canted ears, the hair of the mane and tail incised, a perforation through the open mouth, the genitalia rendered
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long
Literature
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 194.