AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A WARRIOR, CIRCA 500-475 B.C.

Property from a Swiss Private Collection
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A WARRIOR, CIRCA 500-475 B.C.

from the top of a candelabrum, standing on a spool-shaped base with beaded upper edge, his left leg slightly advanced and his hands held to his hips, and wearing boots and short mantle enveloping his shoulders and arms, his long hair falling in a broad mass over the nape of the neck and surmounted by a high-crested helmet with upturned cheek-pieces.
Total height 12 cm.

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Provenance:
Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979), Lugano, acquired fin the 1950s/1960s

by descent to the present owner

Published

Christie's, New York, June 8th, 2001, no. 196, illus.