Horse and rider - image 1

Classical

Horse and rider

The figurine, in the Kourion style, is handmade and solid. The rider's face is mold-made. The horse's head may be mold-made as well. The horse has a large head with depressions for the nostrils, a slit mouth, and a prominent forelock between the ears. H. 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)

Date

350 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1785

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. LXXIII.657, 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. 471, p. 39, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2273, p. 360, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 281, pp. 165-66, 262, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.