Terracotta statuette of a horse and rider - image 1

Classical

Terracotta statuette of a horse and rider

The horse is hollow and in the Kourion style, with a mold-made head to which the harness was added by hand. The body and legs may also be mold-made. The horse has long thick legs, a thick triangular neck, and a knot at the top of its head. The headstall of the bridle has a browband, frontlet, noseband, and cheekstraps. H. 15 in. (38.1 cm)

Date

499 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1664

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion, Cyprus

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.637, 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. 316, p. 27, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2276, p. 360, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 280, pp. 164-65, 262, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.