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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 in full gallop with the forelegs projecting forward, their heads turned to their right, with a ridged mane and a top-knot, the bridals with applied disk-shaped phalerae, the reins resting on the neck, the bodies white-slipped, preserving traces of polychromy, one perforated on the back for attachment of a now-missing rider
10 in. (25.4 cm.) and 11 in. (27.9 cm.) long (2)
CANOSAN, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Both in full gallop with the forelegs projecting forward, their heads turned to their right, with a ridged mane and a top-knot, the bridals with applied disk-shaped phalerae, the reins resting on the neck, the bodies white-slipped, preserving traces of polychromy, one perforated on the back for attachment of a now-missing rider
10 in. (25.4 cm.) and 11 in. (27.9 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
with Robin Symes, London, 1986.
Barbara Johnson Collection; Sotheby's, Paris, 15 October 2003, lots 213 (part) and 215 (part).
Barbara Johnson Collection; Sotheby's, Paris, 15 October 2003, lots 213 (part) and 215 (part).