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PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE KOUROS
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE KOUROS
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Solid-cast, standing with his left leg advanced, his arms bent at the elbow and his hands fisted, his muscular body with defined pectorals and abdominal muscles, his hair rendered by incised parallel lines and secured with a fillet, the face with large almond-shaped eyes, the mouth drawn into a smile, with tenons below for insertion
5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high, excluding tenons
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Solid-cast, standing with his left leg advanced, his arms bent at the elbow and his hands fisted, his muscular body with defined pectorals and abdominal muscles, his hair rendered by incised parallel lines and secured with a fillet, the face with large almond-shaped eyes, the mouth drawn into a smile, with tenons below for insertion
5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high, excluding tenons
Provenance
Reportedly Prince Orsini Collection, Italy.
Art Market, France.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1981.
Art Market, France.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1981.
Further details
A metallurgical analysis from 1968 accompanies this lot.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer