Lot Essay
For a closely related example see no. 88 in von Bothmer, et al., Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis.
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ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550-525 B.C.
Details
A GREEK BRONZE HORSE PROTOME
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550-525 B.C.
From a rod tripod, preserving a section of the horizontal ring and the upper edge of a foliate motif below, the horse protome cast in one piece with the ring, its head turned out to the right, the mane a series of curving ridges, with four vertical tufts between the upright ears, small lidded eyes, indented nostrils and rounded lips, a foreleg perhaps once projecting to the right above the rod
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550-525 B.C.
From a rod tripod, preserving a section of the horizontal ring and the upper edge of a foliate motif below, the horse protome cast in one piece with the ring, its head turned out to the right, the mane a series of curving ridges, with four vertical tufts between the upright ears, small lidded eyes, indented nostrils and rounded lips, a foreleg perhaps once projecting to the right above the rod
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Swiss Private Collection.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989.
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, no. 88-78.