Archaic II

Horse's head with harness

The hollow, mold-made head is probably from a fairly large quadriga group, judging from the harness. The head is quite naturalistic; the artisan attempted to render the headstall correctly. H. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)

Date

550 - 500 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1805

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. LXXIV.670, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 325, p. 28, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2278, p. 360, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1967. Salamis: Excavations in the Necropolis of Salamis I, 1. pp. 47-8, fig. 10, Nicosia: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.Littauer, M.A., Joost H. Crouwel, and Vassos Karageorghis. 1977. "Appendix 1. Terracotta Chariot Model." Two Cypriote Sanctuaries of the End of the Cypro-archaic Period. p. 71, n. 33, Roma: Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. pp. 91, 93, fig. 58, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Littauer, M.A., Joost H. Crouwel, and Vassos Karageorghis. 2002. "Notes on Prometopidia." Selected Writings on Chariots, Other Early Vehicles, Riding and Harness, Peter Raulwing, ed. pp. 525-9, pl. 200, Leiden: Brill.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 113, pp. 68, 256, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.