Terracotta pair of horses

Terracotta pair of horses

Description:

The depiction of overlapping figures posed a challenge to the artist whether he was working in two dimensions or three. This piece offers an ingenious solution.


H. 5 15/16 in. (15.1 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. LXX.643, 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. 392, p. 33, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2081, pp. 342-43, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1996. "The Cypro-archaic period monsters, animals and miscellanea." The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 6. no. G.25, p. 28, pl. XIII.7, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Barnes, Lorna and Ellen Salzman. 1998. "Preliminary Investigations of Surface Decoration on a Group of Ancient Terracottas from Cyprus." Glass, Ceramics and Related Materials : ICOM Committee for Conservation Glass, Ceramics, and Related Materials Working Group, & Institute of Arts and Design Department of Conservation Studies, Alice B. Paterakis, ed. pp. 79, 81, fig. 4, Vantaa, Finland: EVTEK Institute of Art and Design, Dept. of Conservation Studies.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 241, pp. 152-53, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine. 2000. Amathonte: Les figurines en terre cuite, archaïques et classiques, les sculptures en pierre, Vol. 5. p. 37, n. 91, Paris: Editions Recherché sur les Civilisations.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 114, pp. 69, 256, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1766