ANCIENT BRONZES FROM SARDINIA - Lot 60

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ANCIENT BRONZES FROM SARDINIA - Lot 60
ANCIENT BRONZES FROM SARDINIA Lyon, Musée de Lyon, 1954. Square 8vo, paperback with illustrated cover; text and photographic plates in black and white. Catalog of the exhibition held at the Musée de Lyon in 1954, dedicated to the famous small bronzes of Sardinia’s Nuragic civilization. The book presents several hundred of these Sardinian bronzetti—votive bronze statuettes discovered primarily in the island’s sanctuaries, sacred wells, and Nuragic complexes. The text places these works in their archaeological and religious context and describes their great iconographic diversity: tribal chiefs, warriors, archers, slingers, wrestlers, shepherds, women, animals, boats, and votive objects. The extensive series of plates reproduces several particularly characteristic pieces, including a slinger, a group of wrestlers in combat, and the striking female figure with two shields depicted on the cover. An older specialized catalog that provides interesting documentation on the reception and study of Nuragic art in France in the mid-20th century. Condition: paperback copy in its original cover. Cover is slightly discolored and soiled, with a few creases, scuffs, and minor signs of wear; the number “4” was previously written in pencil on the front cover. Interior is clean and well-preserved; plates are in good condition. A good copy overall.
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