Description
Boeotian statuette of a warrior on horseback with helmet and shield. 2nd quarter 6th century BC. H 16.1cm, L 16.2. Light brown, hand-molded terracotta. Numerous small remnants of the red-brown painting. With certificate of authenticity from Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg im Breisgau! Published in: Kunst der Antike - Galerie Günter Puhze catalog 10, 1993, no. 114 (copy enclosed). Cf. on the provenance and dating F. W. Hamdorf - F. Leitmeir, Die figürlichen Terrakotten der Staatlichen Antikensammlungen München vol. 1 (2014) pp. 48-49 no. C 63-65. Three legs broken and reattached, with small retouches to the broken edges, tiny chips to the mane and shield. Provenance: From the R. L. Collection, Lower Saxony, acquired in 2009 from Galerie Puhze, Freiburg im Breisgau; from the collection of the historian Professor Stefan Skalweit, Bonn (1914-2003), acquired in the 1970s.
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Boeotian statuette of a warrior on horseback with helmet and shield. 2nd quarter 6th century BC. H 16.1cm, L 16.2. Light brown, hand-molded terracotta. Numerous small remnants of the red-brown painting. With certificate of authenticity from Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg im Breisgau! Published in: Kunst der Antike - Galerie Günter Puhze catalog 10, 1993, no. 114 (copy enclosed). Cf. on the provenance and dating F. W. Hamdorf - F. Leitmeir, Die figürlichen Terrakotten der Staatlichen Antikensammlungen München vol. 1 (2014) pp. 48-49 no. C 63-65. Three legs broken and reattached, with small retouches to the broken edges, tiny chips to the mane and shield. Provenance: From the R. L. Collection, Lower Saxony, acquired in 2009 from Galerie Puhze, Freiburg im Breisgau; from the collection of the historian Professor Stefan Skalweit, Bonn (1914-2003), acquired in the 1970s.
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