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THBRare Mesopotamian Painted Fresco Chariot / Horse
Lot 94
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Near East, Mesopotamian, ca. 2400 to 600 BCE (toward the earlier years of this period). Given that very little painting from Mesopotamia has survived the tests of time, this section of a painted fresco is incredibly rare. The composition presents a horse pulling a chariot, with the front wheel and cart nicely detailed. In addition, one can see the reins leading to the horse as well as a human hand grasping a stretched archery bow above. The horse is beautifully groomed and probably belonged to a noble personage or elite warrior. Notice the horse's fancy saddle with a striated pattern, his twisted or possibly plaited mane and tail, and the chevron-like motifs adorning his trappings. The artist also cared to indicate a sense of space, as a groundline is denoted by a grassy field. All is outlined in black with a steady, skilled hand. Russet red-brown pigment remains on the horse's body, saddle, cart, and wheel AND blue-green pigment remains on the blades of grass. Size: 14.375" W x 10.75" H (36.5 cm x 27.3 cm)
Interestingly, the fine black lines used to outline the forms conjure those of the fresco depicting a sacrifice from the Palace of Zimrilin from Mari at the Getty (https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/fresco-depicting-a-sacrifice-from-mari-archeological-site-news-photo/142931278). Frescoes with figural imagery were discovered in five rooms of the Palace of Mari, but restorers could only reassemble four of those compositions, because so much damage was done by Hammurabi of Babylon's sacking of Mari in ca. 2760 BCE.
Provenance: private Vero Beach, Florida, USA collection; acquired in Paris, France from an old French collection between 1977 and 1987
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#143700A fragment from a larger fresco. As visible on the reverse, the fresco was stabilized from several pieces in the early 2000s by Nelson C. Dale of Restoration Services in Boston. Normal surface wear with some losses to pigment and divots/losses to fresco material as shown, but much remains with legible imagery as shown.Condition
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