Archaic I

Terracotta horse and rider

In all parts of the Greek world, only the wealthy owned horses. Depictions of horses became increasingly common from the eighth century B.C. on, though the medium of choice varied from region to region. Cyprus has produced a plethora of terracotta examples in various styles. H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1771

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

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. LXXII.651, 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. 320, p. 28, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2088, p. 343, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. II(i)a.22, p. 65, pl. XXXII.1, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 242, pp. 152-53, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 2006. Aspects of Everyday Life in Cyprus: Iconographic Representations. no. 159, p. 172, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 96, pp. 59, 256, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.