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Lot 49*

A Boeotian terracotta horse and rider

6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Boeotian terracotta horse and rider
Circa 6th Century B.C.
The simian-featured rider depicted holding the horse's mane, decorated in umber overall, the horse with dotted eyes and chest, and linear decoration on the mane and body, 13.5cm high

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Provenance:
with Galerie Arete, Zurich, (Antike Terracotten, 1982, no. 19).
Private collection, Geneva, acquired from the above 20 March 1982.
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above in 2006.

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