Property from a Swiss Private Collection
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Property from a Swiss Private Collection
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A DISCOBOLOS, CIRCA 490-470 B.C
probably from the lid of a cinerary urn, standing with his right leg forward, holding the discus from behind in his right hand, and raising his left hand with slender fingers extended, his long hair rolled up and bound in a fillet.
Height as restored 12.5 cm.
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Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, Kunstwerke der Antike. Auktion XXII, May 13th, 1961, no. 72, pl. 21
Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979), Lugano
by descent to the present owner
This lot appears as no. 39 in a partial inventory of the Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection dated January 25th, 1982, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Related examples are in Vienna (B. Schröder, Der Sport im Altertum, 1927, pl. 59c (https://diglib.uibk.ac.at/ulbtirol/content/pageview/365509), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. nos. 25.78.34 (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/251820) and 40.11.3a, b (R. D. de Puma, Etruscan Art, 2013, pp. 82-84: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/253595), the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, inv. no. 01.7480 (M. B. Comstock and C. C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes, 1971, no. 42: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/152685), and the British Museum, inv. no. 1873,0820.56 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1873-0820-56).
