Figurine
Protome
48-2-136
From: Tunisia | Carthage
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 48-2-136 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | South Italian |
Provenience | Tunisia | Carthage |
Manufacture Location | South Italy |
Date Made | 550-450 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Horse |
Description | Horse or hippocamp. Green patina. Front legs broken off, and the protome is broken just behind the shoulder. Protome is flat at the back where it was once attached to a vessel. Details of mane, collar and ribs are incised. |
Height | 3.3 cm |
Width | 2.4 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
Other Number | 322 - Collector Number | L-2-234 - Old Loan Number |
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