Ladder Pattern Goat Figurine

Ladder Pattern Goat Figurine

Description:

Terracotta goat(?); hand-made; short, low body with a elongated head; the legs are extended forward as if the animal were about to run or leap; made of fairly coarse buff clay, decorated with black and purple paint: ladder pattern on the legs.


Dimensions: Height: 6.50 centimetres


Object Type: figure


Techniques: painted; handmade

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

700 - 500 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.195