Horse and rider figurine, Archaic II Cypriot statue

Archaic II

Horse and rider figurine

The figurine is handmade and solid. The rider sits upright. He has short legs with clearly modeled feet stretched forward. H. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1782

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Idalion

References

  • Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. LXIX.639, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 464, p. 38, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2094, p. 343, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. II(i)c.85, p. 86, pl. XLVI.9, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 104, pp. 63, 256, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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