Greek, A Greek bronze votive horse, Geometric period, circa 8th century BC

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A Greek bronze votive horse, Geometric period, circa 8th century BC

Bronze

Length: 5.7 cm

£ 3,000.00

Greek, A Greek bronze votive horse, Geometric period, circa 8th century BC

The stylised small statuette of a horse cast in bronze, standing with his right foreleg bent. Condition Minor chipping to the tip of an ear, the snout, and the tail....

The stylised small statuette of a horse cast in bronze, standing with his right foreleg bent.

Condition
Minor chipping to the tip of an ear, the snout, and the tail. Some cracking in the left foreleg which has been bent underneath. Glued to the base at the feet.

Provenance

With Elie Borowski, Basel, Switzerland, before 1969
Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt Collection, Basel, Switzerland, acquired from the above

Exhibitions

On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1969

Literature

Horses of this type were votive offerings in the Geometric Period onwards, throughout the Greek world. Cf. J. L. Zimmermann, Les chevaux de bronze dans l'art géométrique grec, Geneva, 1989, pl.27.

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