Sold
$1,600
Starting Bid: $200
Est.
$400
- $600
Live Auction
SELECT: 3 Day Auction
Category
Description
Likely 6th B.C., with red marble stand, label on back states, "Scythian, S. of Russia, 6th cent. B.C., v. rare", 1.5"h x 2"w x 2.5"d (bronze), 3"squ (stand)
Condition
Good, nice casting verdigris patina
Provenance
From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Literature
Art dealer, connoisseur, and philanthropist Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was widely considered to be among the world's greatest collectors of European master drawings, French Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and an early advocate of the American Abstract Expressionists. One of the most respected art dealers of his day, he is credited with placing hundreds of major works into museums around the world, and was the founding member and past president of the Art Dealers Association of America.