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LOT 0527
Boeotian Terracotta Horse Statuette
6TH CENTURY B.C.
4 3/8 in. (130 grams, 11.1 cm high).
In static stance with forelegs straight and head erect, applied harness detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. similar item in the British Museum under accession no.1875,0309.12.
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