Lot Essay
For the type compare nos. 177-190 in Thimme, Kunst und Kultur Sardiniens vom Neolithikum bis zum Ende der Nuraghenzeit.
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NURAGIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A SARDINIAN BRONZE BOAT
NURAGIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
The open vessel with a bull's head prow, with a long neck, small round ears, and large backward-curving horns, cast in one piece with an arching element along the back joined to a suspension loop
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) long
NURAGIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
The open vessel with a bull's head prow, with a long neck, small round ears, and large backward-curving horns, cast in one piece with an arching element along the back joined to a suspension loop
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) long
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 June 1988, lot 101.
with Robin Symes, London.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989.
with Robin Symes, London.
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. 89-59.