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Source Description
This bronze stauette of a rearing horse with an Amazon rider decorated the top of a cauldron of the kind that was made in Southern Italy, chiefly at the city of Capua, in the period shortly after 500 BCE. A bridle and a horse collar with tassels are indicated, but reins are not shown. The object has long been detached from the cauldron and has a bright green patina.
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Document identity
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31513
label
Horse and Rider
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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31513
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object
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normalized
title
Horse and Rider
description
This bronze stauette of a rearing horse with an Amazon rider decorated the top of a cauldron of the kind that was made in Southern Italy, chiefly at the city of Capua, in the period shortly after 500 BCE. A bridle and a horse collar with tassels are indicated, but reins are not shown. The object has long been detached from the cauldron and has a bright green patina.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Alexandria]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 500 BCE (Late Archaic-early Classical)
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CC0
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en
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statuary groups
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Source extras
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South Italian
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bronze
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6291
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none
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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9a3dfbaba803e7f1
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no
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2
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photo
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36e5293ae4c3350d
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no