Hellenistic terra cotta horse protome
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Object number
AR3261F
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Greek terracotta horse protome
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| Material: |
Fair brownish clay
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| Date: |
About 4th - 3rd century B.C. Hellenistic epoch |
| Description: |
Very realistically worked figurine shaped as the forepart of a horse.
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| Size: |
Length 15 cm, height 12 cm, width 6,4 cm.
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| Condition: |
Very good condition. About 1/4 of the rim around the opening on the back preserved, the other 3/4 broken and missing. Hooves broken and missing, forelegs professionally restored and partially remodeled. Body and head in excellent condition with finely worked details.
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| Reference: |
See the very similar horse figurine on exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, Accession Number: 2000.659.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 in a German auction house. Ex German private collection Helge Deikner (federal state of Nordrhein-Westfalen), acquired before 1980.
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| Authenticity: |
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