Asta Bidspirit | ETRUSCAN BRONZE KOUROS STATUETTE  ca.

ETRUSCAN BRONZE KOUROS STATUETTE  ca. 530 - 510 BC  height cm 17,5  A large male statuette of archaic taste, with defined pectorals, hair rendered by incised parallel lines, the face with large almond-shaped eyes, the mouth drawn into a smile; and a tenon below for insertion. Untouched dark green patina, resemblig to that of the votive deposits found in 1869 in Fonte Veneziana (Arezzo, Tuscany). Provenance. English private collection; said coming from the Viennese family Schneider collection, formed since the early 20th century.