A GREEK GILT TERRACOTTA APPLIQUÉ
A GREEK GILT TERRACOTTA APPLIQUÉ

TARANTINE, CIRCA 350-325 B.C.

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A GREEK GILT TERRACOTTA APPLIQUÉ
TARANTINE, CIRCA 350-325 B.C.
Depicting a battle between an Arimasp and a griffin, the warrior falling back on his bent left knee, wearing trousers, a tunic, and a billowing chlamys, armed in a helmet and holding a pelta shield, brandishing his battle-axe in his right hand, the griffin attacking from the left, his forepaws clutching the Arimasp's right thigh, on a rocky groundline, the griffin perforated for attachment; preserving extensive gilding throughout
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) long
来源
with N. Koutoulakis, Paris.
Art Market, Switzerland, 1975.
Acquired by the current owner, Switzerland, 1983.

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Molly Morse Limmer
Molly Morse Limmer

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For a fragmentary relief, perhaps from the same mold, preserving only the Arimasp, see no. 42 in Kingsley, The Terracottas of the Tarantine Greeks, An Introduction to the Collection in the J. Paul Getty Museum.