CAMPANIA, CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE WARRIOR
CAMPANIA, CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
From the lid of a lebes, depicted nude, wearing Phrygian helmet, the peak curving forward, and a sword belt and quiver, his right hand raised, his left leg slightly advanced, standing on a disc-shaped base
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high

Provenance

H. Oppenheimer collection, U.S.A.
Charles Lucien Morley collection, U.S.A.
Dr. Robert Waelder collection (1900-1967).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 2 June 1995, lot 18.

Exhibited

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Ancient Greek Art, 1904, no. 54.
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Art, Ancient Italic and Etruscan Art, January - February 1958.
Philadelphia, The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, What We Don't Know, August 1964.
Cambridge, Massachussetts, Fogg Art Museum, and elsewhere, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, December 1967 - June 1968.

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PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Exhibition of Ancient Greek Art, London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1904, no. 54, pl. 50.
Exhibition catalogue, Master Bronzes from the Classical World, Cambridge, Massachussetts, Fogg Art Museum, and elsewhere, 1968, no. 53.
S. Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, IV, Paris, 1897, 102:4.

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