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Statuette of a horse

750–700 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight: 8cm (3 1/8 in.); width at base: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); length: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam E. Nickerson Fund, No. 2
Accession number65.1316
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1965: with a dealer in Athens (said to come from near Elis); purchased by MFA, November 10, 1965
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