A Persian Bronze Horse and Rider, Southwest Caspian Area , early 1st Millennium B.C.

the horse of stylized form with body hollow underneath, ridged tail, notched ornamentation on the legs, hindquarters, and neck, grooved mane and open mouth, the nude rider seated side-saddle with hands crossed over the abdomen, a horizontal hole through the body

Royal-Athena Galleries, New York              

Christie's, New York, The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, June 8th, 2004, no. 575, illus.                                                   

generally good and as shown, some wear and incrustation, nose of rider and one ear of horse slightly abraded
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For a closely related example see Sotheby's, New York, December 11th, 2002, no. 270, illus.