Terracotta Horse Figurine
Description: | Handmade terracotta horse figurine; short body narrowing in the middle; legs wide apart and outstretched at front and back; very long arched neck with pointed face and nose and slightly puffed-out cheeks; pointed ears; exaggerated crest-like mane with concave sides; long tail curled at the end; prominent breast flap extending to top of legs; orange clay with numerous small white inclusions covered in a cream-white slip; solid band of black paint on the main and traces of black bands on the back and hind legs; faint traces of bands of red paint on the front quarters and breast-flap. Dimensions: Height: 16.70 centimetres Object Type: figure Techniques: painted; handmade |
Period: | Archaic I |
Date: | 750 - 600 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Kourion |
Accession Number: | 1896,0201.112 |