26th August 2011, 05:17 AM | #1 |
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Bronze Statue of Armed Horse Rider
I saw this at House on the Rock, in my lovely home state of Wisconsin...and knew forum members would appreciate seeing some photos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_on_the_Rock I'm interested to see what people think of the rider's garb, and bladed adornment...ethnographically accurate? or romantic mish mash? Anyone know the sculpturer? |
26th August 2011, 07:13 AM | #2 |
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Nice piece
Nice piece Nathaniel, thanks for sharing.
This one is by far my favorite...wish it was mine :-( Gav |
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27th August 2011, 02:50 AM | #4 |
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Stuart, No unfortunately I didn't take the time to examine the base for any description or markings. It was a very big house with lots to look at and by that time the experience was getting numbing so I just quick snapped the shot. When I go again sometime I will be sure to take my better flash and take a better look! Might be a while though, even though it's only 45 minutes away.
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Judging from the arms; (possibly european interpretations), I would think this might represent an Ottoman Janissary .
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the janissary were turkish infantry mostly. they hard rather distinctive head dresses.
their mounted officers & siphahis wore the more distinctive large turkish turbans as per the later posted statue. the OP's statue's head dress looks more arabic to me. looks like an earlier style of the ghotra. (townies wear white ones, the checkered ones are worn by the bedou (and ferengi .) reminds me of this saudi bedu falconer with his cased rifle, ammo/sword belt. (this photo used to hang in ARAMCO's HQ in dhahran, was given to me by one of the VP's as a parting gift when i left saudi arabia. it hangs on my wall even now) Last edited by kronckew; 27th August 2011 at 07:12 PM. |
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found this one, lists as 'arab muslim bedouin warrior horseman'.
another, 'arab huntsman' from 3 sites, the middle shows a silver colored version behind the bronze. last is possibly the source inspiration, 'arab horseman' attributed to artist - Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875). seems to be a popular motif and well copied.. Last edited by kronckew; 28th August 2011 at 07:33 AM. |
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another 'arab horseman' attributed to barye, a coloured in version
shows the weapons a bit better. i note this & the last post's bronze barye version is VERY much like the original poster's one, even the small terrain mound on the base & the 's' shaped pommel on his right-hand blade.... i suspect the mold was used more than once.. (i give up now, enough of a good thing is too much, so i won't show the silver gilt version i also found) Last edited by kronckew; 28th August 2011 at 08:02 AM. |
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Nice work, Kronckew! Thanks for sharing with us the product of your web search! This was the type of information I was looking for!
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