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CANOSAN, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA HORSES
CANOSAN, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Both depicted in full gallop with the forelegs projecting forward, the rear legs together and deliberately fashioned without their lower portions, each with a ridged mane and conical top-knot between upright ears, their muzzles perforated for attachment of separately-made now-missing reins, with a large perforation on the sides of the body and a small perforation below the tail, both preserving white slip throughout
Each: 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long (2)
CANOSAN, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Both depicted in full gallop with the forelegs projecting forward, the rear legs together and deliberately fashioned without their lower portions, each with a ridged mane and conical top-knot between upright ears, their muzzles perforated for attachment of separately-made now-missing reins, with a large perforation on the sides of the body and a small perforation below the tail, both preserving white slip throughout
Each: 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
with Robin Symes Ltd, London, 1986.
Barbara Johnson Collection; Sotheby's, Paris, 15 October 2003, lots 214 (part) and 215 (part).
Barbara Johnson Collection; Sotheby's, Paris, 15 October 2003, lots 214 (part) and 215 (part).