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A GREEK BRONZE RECUMBENT GOAT
A GREEK BRONZE RECUMBENT GOAT
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GREEK BRONZE RECUMBENT GOAT

ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
A GREEK BRONZE RECUMBENT GOAT
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 ¼ in. (8.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Henri Seyrig (1895-1973), Neuchâtel, Switzerland, archaeologist and numismatist.
with Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1992 (Kunstwerke der Antike, Katalog 4, no. 5).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1993.

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Hannah Solomon
Hannah Solomon Vice President, International Head of Department
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Descrizione dettagliata lotto

For similar examples, see nos. 107-108 and 110-111 in G. Ortiz, In Pursuit of the Absolute: Art of the Ancient World from the George Ortiz Collection. While the goats in the Ortiz Collection are believed to have once adorned the rim of bronze vessels, the present example may derive from a different context. It has been suggested that the lack of curvature when viewed in profile (corresponding to a vessel's rim) and the absence of perforations along its lower edge for attachment may indicate an alternative function.

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