Lot 205
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A BONE HEAD OF A HORSE
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A BONE HEAD OF A HORSE

ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

Details
A BONE HEAD OF A HORSE
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
With detailed mane and bridle, with nose, cheek and head straps decorated with concentric circles
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired on the Paris art market in the 1990s.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.

Lot Essay

For similar, cf. O. W. Muscarella (ed.), Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, 1974, no. 234; and R. H. Randall, Jr., Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1985, pp. 23, 52-53, no. 54, col. pl. 18.

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