Archaic I
Horse and rider
The figurine is handmade and solid. The rider sits, leaning backward, near the rump of the horse. He reaches out to touch the mane, which is very close to his body. H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Motifs
- Horse, Human figure
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Ormidhia
Accession No.
74.51.1774
Collection
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from Ormidhia
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. p. 150, London: John Murray.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. LXXII.654, 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. 393, p. 33, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2090, p. 343, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. II(i)a.34, p. 67, pl. XXXIII.3, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 98, pp. 60, 256, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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