CIRCA MID-1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A REARING HORSE
CIRCA MID-1ST CENTURY A.D.
With raised forelegs, wearing breast strap, the head back with open mouth
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) high

Provenance

Formerly in a European private collection, acquired from Dr. Leo Mildenberg, Zurich, November 1972: sold Christie's London, 20 April 2005, lot 19.

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Lot Essay

Cf. T. Kendall, Kush: Lost Kingdom of the Nile, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982, pp. 56-57, fig. 73, no. 81, for a lamp with handle terminating in the forepart of a similar galloping horse from the tomb of Queen Amanikhatashan at Meroe.

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