Italian Pattarino Mongol Warrior

Italian Pattarino Mongol Warrior

This is a figurine made by Eugenio Pattarino of Italy in the 20th century. He was a famous artist who was born in 1885 and died in 1971 and achieved International fame in his career for his terracotta sculptures, many subjects taken from religious themes as well as the Comedia del arte. The Vatican thought so highly of his work that they made a gift of his pieces to visiting dignitaries. Since his workshop in Florence got washed away a few years ago the pieces have become extremely sought after. This piece is of a Mongolian warrior (Genghis Khan like) mounted on a charging horse. The sculpture shows superb detail in modelling and painting as is the norm for Pattariona’s pieces. The horse is draped in ceremonial robes and harness, and the warrior is resplendent in their battle armor, as if they are executing a dress rehearsal for an elaborate play. The entire figure is 13 inches (33cm) tall, 6.5 inches (16.5cm) wide and about 16 inches (40.6cm) long so quite large. Amazingly it is in very good condition especially since these are so fragile! There are two tiny chips to the bottom edge and two pieces of the drapes on the horses front have been reglued (I show them broken off in the last picture before I reglued them). They are small and underneath the front so not visible at all and even if you look they aren’t easy to find from underneath. Marked underneath with his initials (EPF) as well as Italy.

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