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Terracotta Horse and Rider, Archaic II Cypriot statue
Terracotta Horse and Rider, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–475 BC. British Museum, 1896,0201.119.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Terracotta Horse and Rider

Terracotta figure of horse and rider; hand-made; horseman has large nose and chin and wears a conical cap with ear-flaps; horse has long slender legs and neck, exaggerated mane with noticeable forelock and topknot, and a relief-moulded tassled breast-plate; black, red and purple painted decoration on horse's body; posture of horse suggests a galloping motion; head of rider has been re-attached. Dimensions: Height: 12.30 centimetres Object Type: figure Techniques: painted; relief-moulded; handmade

Classification

Object type
Terracotta figurine
Motifs
Horse, Human figure
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
600 - 475 BC
Findspot
Kourion

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion

Identifiers

Accession no.
1896,0201.119, British Museum · Museum record
Report entry
Kourion, BM Tomb 59, no. 3Murray et al. 1900, p. 84

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