Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Bronze:
Cu, 90.22; Sn, 8.06; Pb, 0.52; Zn, 0.5; Fe, 0.08; Ni, 0.05; Ag, 0.06; Sb, 0.1; As, 0.4; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, 0.013; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001
J. Riederer
Technical Observations: The patina is green with areas of red and brown. There is a c. 5-mm loss to the proper left front leg. The surface of the break was ground flat, showing the cross-section. The end of the proper right leg has a restoration of similar length, suggesting possible lengthening. Modern grinding, similar to that on the left front leg, is present on the tips of the two hind legs.
The figure is a solid lost-wax cast. The body is pierced at the hips and shoulders. The holes appear to have been drilled in the metal, as indicated by their circularity and linearity and by the fact that they bisect spherical porosities on the interior metal.
Tony Sigel (submitted 1999)