A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A HORSE
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A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A HORSE

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

细节
A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A HORSE
Hellenistic Period, Circa 1st Century B.C.
Well-modelled and naturalistically depicted, striding forward with the left fore- and hind-leg advanced, the left fore-leg bent and raised, the head turned to the left, the ridged mane with incised parallel lines, the eyes and nostrils deeply recessed, the mouth slightly open, the rendered neck muscles prominent, the genitalia detailed, the hocks on the hind-quarters pronounced, the tapering tail incised with a v-shaped pattern
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm) high
来源
French Private Collection, 1990

拍品专文

For a similar figure of a horse see p. 61-62 in Mertens, Greek Bronzes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.