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This object is equiped either to stand or to be hung. The combination of a figure atop a hollow ball is common in small bronzes of Thessaly (northern Greece). These works may have been dedications.
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Title: Bronze man seated on a ball
Period: Geometric
Date: ca. 725–700 BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1947
Accession Number: 47.11.7
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