A SECTIONAL PLASTER CAST OF TWO STANDING HORSES, POSSIBLY FROM THE EAST PEDIMENT OF THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY Fragmentary, parts of the interior wrought iron core exposed, with black inscribed inventory number 13 174cm high, 140cm long Provenance: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, until sold at Sotheby's New York, 28 February 2006, part lot 150 The present lot likely represents sections of not one but two horses, possibly the horses of Pelops which feature on the East pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. The subject of this sculptural group is a charioteering contest.
A SECTIONAL PLASTER CAST OF TWO STANDING HORSES, POSSIBLY FROM THE EAST PEDIMENT OF THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY Fragmentary, parts of the interior wrought iron core exposed, with black inscribed inventory number 13 174cm high, 140cm long Provenance: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, until sold at Sotheby's New York, 28 February 2006, part lot 150 The present lot likely represents sections of not one but two horses, possibly the horses of Pelops which feature on the East pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. The subject of this sculptural group is a charioteering contest.
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