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Buff Clay Animal Figure, Archaic II Cypriot statue
Buff Clay Animal Figure, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–500 BC. British Museum, 1894,1101.194.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Buff Clay Animal Figure

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

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Decoration
Painted
Motif
Ladder pattern
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
600 - 500 BC
Findspot
Amathus

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus

Identifiers

Accession no.
1894,1101.194, British Museum · Museum record

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