Classical
Limestone statuette of a horse
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)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Motif
- Horse
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 499 - 450 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Tamassos
Collection
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.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2581, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1013
- Hermary 2013, no. 237
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