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Boeotian Greek Polychrome Terracotta Horse and Rider

With painted details in dark brown slip. The tail has been reattached. No restoration.

Hellenistic mid-6th Century BC

Height: 13.3 cm. (5 1/4 in.)

Width: 12.5 cm. (4 15/16 in.)

#5205

Ex: private British collection of Sir Clifford John Norton (d. 1990), British Ambassador to Greece. With Sotheby's, New York, 1996. Property of Antiquarium, Ltd., New York, acquired on the New York market, June 2013.

Exhibited: BRAFA Art Fair. (Brussels, 26 Jan- 2 Feb 2020) Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XII. (New York, 2014) p.20

Comparanda: Chesterman, James ; Classical Terracotta Figures (Woodstock, 1974) p.35, no.23

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