Figure 418

Sampling an antique bronze horse using a diamond wheel. The cross section was taken at the body-neck junction in order to study the assembly process (fusion welding). A mobile bronze mane (removed here) hides the sampling location. Horse of Neuvy-en-Sullias, France, 1st century BCE–1st century CE, H. 113 cm (Musée historique et archéologique de l’Orléanais, Orléans, France, inv. A6286). See .