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| ETRUSCAN BRONZE WARRIOR WEARING A CUIRASS Striding in combat and wearing a hight-crested helmet with the cheek-pieces upturned, his curisass with shoulder flaps and a belt, the short skirt layered, his high greaves covering his knees, his left arm extended and lowered before him, once holding a shield, his raised right, a spear. A superb example. Ex Musée Lafaille, La Rochelle, France, acquired in the 19th century. Ex Royal-Athena Galleries, 1991; John Kluge collection, Charlottesville VA. Umbria, Mid-5th Century BC H. 9 7/16 in. (24 cm.) Gods & Mortals II, no. 14 Ancient Arms, Armor, no. 66 Art of the Ancient World, 1992, no. 26 CNH143R SOLD |
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| These figures, generally much smaller in scale, were popular in shrines and rural sanctuaries in northern-central Italy, from Umbria to the end of the Alban Hills. Ths Museo Nazionale de Villa Giulia in Rome preserves several similar, if not quite so unusually fine and large, figures. See G.Q. Giglioli, L’Arte Etrusca, Milan, 1935, pl. CCXXII, nos. 6, 7, and 9. |
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