Lot 0032

Greek Geometric Bronze Horse, ex-Royal Athena

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Greek Geometric Bronze Horse, ex-Royal Athena

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Description

Ancient Greece, Geometric Period, ca. late 8th to 7th century BCE. A fabulous cast-bronze horse presenting characteristically-abstract geometric-era stylization. The minimalist figure stands upon 4 sturdy legs with a slender plank and a long tail extending from the posterior. His neck projects from the other side, crested by a neat mane and terminating in a tapered snout and perky ears. Zoomorphic representations of this period are generally minute in scale, and the figures have simplified schematic shapes as we see here. Votive animal figurines were often placed in temples or shrines and deposited in religious sites, rams and horses were the perfect gift to honor and appease the gods as a universal symbol of virility, strength, and power. A wonderful piece indicative of the beginning of Greek figural art when the Hellenistic penchant for naturalism was only in its embryonic stages. Size: 2.8" W x 2" H (7.1 cm x 5.1 cm); 2.3" H (5.8 cm) on included custom stand.

The Geometric Period was when many of the trends that would define Classical Greece began: there was an explosion in population leading to the development of proto-urban centers and the construction of monumental temples and sanctuaries; writing, lost after the Mycenaean period, returned to Greece, and along with it came the writing down of The Iliad and The Odyssey for the first time; finally, much of the artwork of the period depicts scenes of gods that would later become codified as the official Greek state religion. As would be expected in a time period that in retrospect seems obsessed with epic themes, horses, chariots, and warriors were the most commonly depicted things in Geometric Period art.

Provenance: ex-Royal Athena Galleries, New York City, New York, USA; ex-private Beverly Hills, California, USA collection; ex-Eric de Kolb collection, dispersed in 1984

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#179528

Condition

Permanently adhered to custom stand. Chipping to ears and snout, as well as weathering and abrasions to surface as shown, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent with rich patina throughout.