5th Jun, 2024 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities
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A BOEOTIAN FIGURE OF A HORSE AND RIDER, GREECE, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
terracotta, of stylised form with red stripe painted decoration, the rider holding the horse's flared mane, mounted, 11cm, together with A Cypriot Figure of a Horse and Rider, of similar, larger undecorated form, with stand, 17cm
Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired Spink and Son, London 30 June 1956 & 28 November 1958. Offered Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 184.
Exhibited: Ancient Life in Miniature, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 12th October-30th November 1968, (Boeotian Figure)
Published: Felicity Nicholson, Ancient Life in Miniature, Birmingham 1968, no.63, p.22, (Boeotian Figure)
Sold for £1,300
terracotta, of stylised form with red stripe painted decoration, the rider holding the horse's flared mane, mounted, 11cm, together with A Cypriot Figure of a Horse and Rider, of similar, larger undecorated form, with stand, 17cm
Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired Spink and Son, London 30 June 1956 & 28 November 1958. Offered Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 184.
Exhibited: Ancient Life in Miniature, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 12th October-30th November 1968, (Boeotian Figure)
Published: Felicity Nicholson, Ancient Life in Miniature, Birmingham 1968, no.63, p.22, (Boeotian Figure)
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024
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