Massive hellenistic bronze goat figurine
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Object number
AR2825
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Animal figurine: Goat
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| Material: |
Massive bronze
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| Date: |
Second half of 1st millenium BC. Probably hellenistic or slightly earlier |
| Description: |
Bronze figurine of a goat, with finely worked beard, horns, ears and other details.
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| Size: |
Length 40 mm, height 36 mm.
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved with attractive green patina
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| Reference: |
M. Comstock & C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Boston 1971) p. 57 Nr. 59
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2019 in a traditional Munich auction house. From the inventory of Münzhandlung Karl Kress, Munich, which discontinued its business activities around 1986 (the last catalogue published by Karl Kress dates to this year). In the stock of Karl Kress before 1980.
Ex Karl Kress auction 182 (March 23-25 1982) Nr. 218. Provenance described there as "found in Turkey".
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| Authenticity: |
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