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Harness Ring with Quadruped

Greek; ThessalyLinkedCulture matchlcp-25a02db92899

Date: Geometric Period (800–600 BCE)
Medium: Bronze
Culture: Thessalía
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 196500

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This precious bronze object is a votive, or devotional gift, made as an offering to the gods. They come in many forms, such as animals, beads and brooches. Many seem once to have been attached to something else. Votives were hung from sacred trees or placed in sanctuaries around Greece. Once a shrine was full, the votives were ceremonially buried to make room for more offerings.

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Provenance & credit

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Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alexander
Provenance: George Zakos, Basel, Switzerland from at least 1965 [according to email from the owner of Ariadne Galleries to Mrs. Walter Alexander in curatorial file]; purchased by Ariadne Galleries of New York, NY about 1975; sold to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alexander of Geneva, IL, 1985; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2008.