Lot Essay
For three related examples see nos. 138-140 in J. Chamay, The Art of the Italic Peoples from 3000 to 300 B.C.
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THE PROPERTY OF A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE WARRIOR
UMBRIA, CIRCA 450-400 B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE WARRIOR
UMBRIA, CIRCA 450-400 B.C.
Solid-cast, standing with his left leg advanced, his right arm raised, his fisted hand once holding a now-missing spear, wearing a high-crested helmet, the cheek-pieces raised, a cuirass with two rows of flaps below, and greaves, the helmet and the cuirass ornamented with stippling and incision, his face with a full beard and mustache, an angular nose and convex eyes with modeled upper lids, a tenon below the preserved foot
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
UMBRIA, CIRCA 450-400 B.C.
Solid-cast, standing with his left leg advanced, his right arm raised, his fisted hand once holding a now-missing spear, wearing a high-crested helmet, the cheek-pieces raised, a cuirass with two rows of flaps below, and greaves, the helmet and the cuirass ornamented with stippling and incision, his face with a full beard and mustache, an angular nose and convex eyes with modeled upper lids, a tenon below the preserved foot
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Renaud Gillet (1913-2001), Paris, acquired prior to 1999.
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