Figurine
Object Number:
48-2-112
Current Location:
Rome Gallery
Culture:
Roman
Provenience:
Turkey (Country)
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Bronze
Iconography:
Horse
Description:
Horse. Brown patina rubbed to metal in places. Object is intact except for a large nick in the right hind leg. Low pedestal has foot at each corner. Prancing horse raises its right foreleg which is supported by a strut. Head turned to left. Has a topknot. Collar around base of neck made by incised line. Grooved nostrils and mouth. Dots for eyes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harold) Paumgarten
Other Number:
| 251 | - | Field No SF |
| L-2-142 | - | Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Roman World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Book] Warden, Gregory P. 1997. The Hilprecht Collection of Greek, Italic, and Roman Bronzes in the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 47
[Catalogue] Moore, Charlotte B. 1969. Description and analysis of the bronze and lead objects in the Herman V. Hilprecht Collection, the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.
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