Buff Clay Animal Figure

Buff Clay Animal Figure

Description:

Terracotta figurine of a quadruped, possibly a horse or bull; hand-made; very schematic anatomical details: short body on short, splaying legs, with the tail hanging along the right back leg; short horns (?); made of buff clay with purple and black painted decoration: ladder patterns on the front legs and neck and the hind quarters, red snout and black eyes.


Dimensions: Height: 7.20 centimetres


Object Type: figure


Techniques: painted; handmade

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 500 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.194