Terracotta statuette of a horse

Terracotta statuette of a horse

Description:

The horse, probably once part of a horse-and-rider group, is solid and possibly mold-made; the face is heavily retouched. This figurine may have been made in the same Kourion workshop as the horse statuette, 74.51.1809.


H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

325 - 300 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion

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. LXXIV.666, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2279, p. 360, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 294, pp. 172, 262, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1810