Geometric Horse Statuette

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description Animals were popular motifs in the Geometric period. Horse figurines were common votive offerings at Olympia.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/08/1972	Treatment	x-rayed; mounted
12/08/1972	Treatment	mounted; stabilized; other

Exhibitions

In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978.

Provenance Elie Borowski; Walters Art Museum, 1953, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A. P. Fund, 1953

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ca. 700 BC (Geometric)

bronze
(Metal)

54.2378

3 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 11/16 in. (9 x 8 x 1.8 cm) mount 13/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (2 x 7.9 x 3.5 cm)