Etruscan Black-Figure Plate

Representing two helmeted warriors in combat with two leaping dolphins in the segment.

ø 26.5 cm

c. 500–480 BC

Terracotta

Provenance

Formerly the estate of Wladimir Rosenbaum, 1984
Acquired at Cahn Auktionen AG, Auction 5, Basel, September 17, 2010, lot 114

Publications

Cahn Auction AG, Auction 5, September 16, 2010, lot 114
J. Boardman, "Greek Art" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 34
V. Torres- Hugon, "Hoplite, le premier guerrier de l'histoire", Antiquité, hors-série, Éditions Heimdal, Autumn 2017, no. 1, p. 15
V. Torres- Hugon, Hoplite, le premier guerrier de l'histoire, Éditions Heimdal, 2018, pp. 15 and 151

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
Le Corps Sportif, Musée National du Sport, Nice, France, April 14, 2018 — September 16, 2018

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