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ROMAN BRONZE AND SILVER FALLEN LEGIONARY Lying on his back, the soldier in full military costume wears a short tunic with a leather cuirass which, with the helmet, is decorated with elaborate silver linear inlays and floral ornaments; probably from a horse bridle intercise which crossed on the animal’s breast and was often decorated with battle scenes. A bronze masterwork. Cf. J. Paul Getty Museum, handbook of the Antiquities Collection, p. 38 for another bronze representation of a dead youth. Ex private Austrian collection. Ca. AD 200 L. 4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2007, no. 66 GMU09 SOLD |
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