MAGNA GRAECIA, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 500-480 B.C.

Price realised USD 18,750

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A GREEK BRONZE STANDARD WITH RAM FINIAL

MAGNA GRAECIA, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 500-480 B.C.

Price realised USD 18,750

Closed: 25 Apr 2017

Price realised USD 18,750

Closed: 25 Apr 2017

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A GREEK BRONZE STANDARD WITH RAM FINIAL
MAGNA GRAECIA, CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 500-480 B.C.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001), Zurich, acquired prior to 1981.
A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals; Christie's, London, 26-27 October 2004, lot 42.
with Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva (Number 1, 2005, cover and no. 71).

A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collections, Cleveland, 1981, pp. 128-129, no. 108.

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Lot Essay

The ram, a common sacrificial animal, is often associated with Hermes, patron deity of shepherds, travelers and tradesmen. The carried by Hermes, frequently has rams' head terminals. While the present example is Greek from Southern Italy, it finds a close parallel carried by the shepherd Paris, son of Priam, on a painted funerary plaque found in an Etruscan tomb at Caere and now in the British Museum (Accession no. 1889.0410.1-5).

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