Lot Essay
For similar examples from Düver, see nos. 141-142 in Hoffmann, Ten Centuries That Shaped The West.
Details
A PHRYGIAN OR LYDIAN TERRACOTTA ARCHITECTURAL PLAQUE
Asia Minor, Circa 550-530 B.C.
With a molded and painted frieze of a horseman preceded by a griffin, red and black details on each and on the upper and lower borders, pierced for suspension in upper corners, 17 1/4in. (43.8cm.) wide
Asia Minor, Circa 550-530 B.C.
With a molded and painted frieze of a horseman preceded by a griffin, red and black details on each and on the upper and lower borders, pierced for suspension in upper corners, 17 1/4in. (43.8cm.) wide
Literature
Zimmerman, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, no. 73.