Lot Essay
For the form see a horse trapping of a bird of prey, no. 86 in Piotrovsky, Galanina and Grach, Scythian Art.
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CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
TWO SCYTHIAN BRONZE HORSE TRAPPINGS
CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Each cast in the form of a griffin with a down-curving beak, their crests forming loops along the tops and backs of their heads, with quadruped bodies, the hoofed legs folded under, perforated vertically twice along the bodies for attachment, the back sides concave
Larger: 4 in. (10.2 cm.) long (2)
CIRCA MID 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Each cast in the form of a griffin with a down-curving beak, their crests forming loops along the tops and backs of their heads, with quadruped bodies, the hoofed legs folded under, perforated vertically twice along the bodies for attachment, the back sides concave
Larger: 4 in. (10.2 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Private Collection, acquired in the 1970s.