VILLANOVAN CHEEK PIECE C. 8th-7th Century BC
Sale 5146 - The Jeff Hunter Collection | Antiquities and Tribal Art
Mar 13, 2019
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Live / Philadelphia
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$1,000 -
1,500
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$1,625
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VILLANOVAN CHEEK PIECE C. 8th-7th Century BC
Cast bronze, depicting a stylized horse with a notched mane and long curving muzzle, the legs tranforming into rings for the guide reins, raised on a bespoke mount.
H: 3.25, L: 4.75 in. (mounted).Provenance: with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1997, inventory number BLL08, Art of the Ancient World, vol. IX, no. 45, (copy of the original purchase invoice to be included).
The Jeff Hunter Collection, New York.
NOTE
For a similar example please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, object number 1972.118.50.
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