Details
A GREEK BRONZE HORSE
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
2 15⁄16 in. (7.4 cm.) long
Provenance
with Dr. Elie Borowski, Basel, 16 November 1974.
Dr Giancarlo Ligabue (1931-2015), acquired from the above.
Literature
H. Bloesch et al., Das Tier in der Antike: 400 Werke ägyptischer, griechischer, etruskischer und römischer Kunst aus privatem und öffentlichem Besitz, Zurich, 1974, p. 25, no. 144, taf. 25.
W.-D. Heilmeyer, "Frühe olympische Bronzefiguren: Die Tiervotive," in Olympische Forschungen 12, Berlin, 1979, p. 103, no. 139.
J.-L. Zimmermann, Les chevaux de bronze dans l'art géométrique grec, Mainz, 1989, pp. 25, 42, no. 88, pl. 6.
Exhibited
Das Tier in der Antike: 400 Werke ägyptischer, griechischer, etruskischer und römischer Kunst aus privatem und öffentlichem Besitz, the Archaeological Institute of the University of Zürich, 21 September-17 November 1974.
Special notice
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Sale room notice
Please note that the second line of provenance for this lot should read: 'Rassla Foundation, Zurich, Dr Giancarlo Ligabue (1931 -2015).'