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LOT 0534
Parthian Terracotta Statuette Group
3RD CENTURY B.C.
6 1/4 in. (598 grams total, 15.5 cm each).
A pair of hollow-formed terracotta statuettes comprising: a rider on a rearing horse with chlamys extended in the wind, and wearing wide Persian trousers (saravara), red pigment in the field; Zeus enthroned, facing with an eagle at his feet, hole to the reverse. [2]
ProvenanceEx private European collection.
with Genève Enchères, 14 December 2017, lot 863.
Cf. Bel, N., Giroire, C., Gombert, F., Rutschowscaya, M.H., L'Orient romain et byzantin au Louvre, Arles / Paris, 2012, p.224, fig.205, for identical cavalryman (Louvre AO 10221).
FootnotesThe costume of Parthian nobles consists of a tunic or wrapped jacket, trousers and boots/footwear, generally typical of a riding dress. Interestingly, the right side of the tunic was knee-length (consistent with those seen with early Sassanian noblemen depicted at the Persepolis graffiti) but the left side of the tunic, for many Parthian cavalrymen, appears shorter and only reaches to the upper thigh.
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LOT 0534
Parthian Terracotta Statuette Group
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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