A Greek Bronze Protome Head of a Horse, Laconian, 1ST half of the 6TH century B.C.

probably from the rim of a tripod, the finely modeled head turned to the right, the ribbed mane falling in from the crest of the neck to the shoulder, plain on the other side, striated locks falling in front of the ears, the large naturalistically modeled eyes with indented pupils.

Stack family collection

Both ears and foreleg(s) broken off, proper right nostril filed revealing raw metal, file marks on edge of mane, deep green patina.
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Compare the horse heads on the tripod in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Antikenmuseum Berlin: Die Ausgestellten Werke, Berlin, 1988, p. 214) and in Belgrade (C.M. Stibbe, The Sons of Hephaistos: Aspects of the Archaic Greek Bronze Industry, Rome, 2000, figs. 49, 50). Also see the protome head in the British Museum (Stibbe, op. cit., fig. 52).