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A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A HORSE
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A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A HORSE

SUB-GEOMETRIC, EARLY 7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A HORSE
SUB-GEOMETRIC, EARLY 7TH CENTURY B.C.
Of stylized form, with cylindrical muzzle and long tail, 2¼ in. (5.6 cm.) high; a Greek bronze doe, with small head, on integral rectangular base, mounted; and a Greek bronze bird, suspension loop on centre back, both 8th Century B.C., both 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high (3)

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PUBLISHED:
Item one: H. Bloesch et al., Das Tier in der Antike, Archäologischen Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, 1974, p. 26, pl. 25, no. 147; and Animals, 1986, II, no. 55.