Horse and rider - image 1

Archaic I

Horse and rider

The figurine is handmade and solid. A small figure rides a horse with two heads and one body. He sits on a flat "handle" that splits to join each horse's neck. H. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1767

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from Ormidhia

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. LXX.644, 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. 388, p. 32, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2096, p. 344, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 95, pp. 58, 256, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.