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LOT 0274
Western Asiatic Bronze Statuette of a Levantine Cavalryman
7TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (140 grams, 88 mm wide).
Modelled in the round figurine of a sturdy horse with saddlecloth and chest-band, bridle and reins, integral rider wearing a Phrygian helmet.
Provenance
Formerly in a private collection, Beirut, Lebanon, 1990s.
Swiss private collection, acquired from Mr H., Geneva, 2010.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13178-249181.
Literature
Cf. similar rider in terracotta from the Cypriot collections of the MET, accession no.74.51.1664, and other images of cavalrymen in Karageorghis, V., Merker, G.S., Mertens, J.R., The Cesnola collection of Cypriot Art, Terracottas, New York, 2016, no.280, p.165, and also no.106; for the style of the cavalryman and his equipment see Cassin Scott, J., The Greek and Persian Wars 500-323 B.C., London, 1977.
Footnotes
The figure possibly represents a Phrygian cavalryman of the Persian Achaemenid army. It shows minute details of the harness, with muzzle and snaffle bit, which suggest Assyrian or Syrian in origin. The transversal decoration of the antilina strap remembers that of the Persian cavalry of the period (Cassin Scott, 1977, plate D).
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LOT 0274
Western Asiatic Bronze Statuette of a Levantine Cavalryman
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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