Limestone statuette of a horse

Limestone statuette of a horse

Description:

The horse has a saddle and bridle but no rider. The damage to the object indicates that it must have been part of a group with at least one human figure.


H.: 4 x 5 3/4 x 2 in. (10.2 x 14.6 x 5.1 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 - 450 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

“From a tomb at Tamassos”

References:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. LXXX.511, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1013, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 237, p. 190, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2581