Limestone statuette of a horse - image 1

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)

Date

499 - 450 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2581

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.