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LOT 0581

Scythian Standing bronze Horse Applique

5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

7 in. (254 grams total, 18 cm including frame).

A stylised horse in profile with ring to the voided eye, exaggerated musculature and hatched detailing; mounted in a custom-made frame.

Provenance

with Claude Boisgirard Archaelogie, Paris, 9 November 1999, no.56.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Lebedinsky, I., Les Saces, Paris, 2006, p.212, for similar.

Footnotes

This applique was probably part of a horse harness and corresponds to various similar plaques produced by the Saka (Scythian) culture of the Pamir. Steppe art favoured animalistic representations, with a predilection for deer, horses, birds of prey and felines. The animals could be represented in series, or alone, or in combat with each other.

CONDITION

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LOT 0581

Scythian Standing bronze Horse Applique

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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