Horse figurine
Description: | The handmade and solid horse was originally part of a horse-and-rider figurine. The rider is now missing, but traces remain on the horse's body and parts of his hands are visible on the mane. H. 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm) |
Period: | Archaic I |
Date: | 750 - 600 BC |
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. LXXI.645, 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. 317, p. 27, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2078, p. 342, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 109, pp. 66, 256, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1770 |