Horse and rider - image 1

Archaic II

Horse and rider

The figurine is handmade and solid. The rider has stumpy legs, a prominent nose and beard, and small ears. He wears a conical headdress with the crest bent forward. H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1773

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion

References

  • Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 934, p. 62, pl. XIV.21, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. LXX.642, 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. 469, p. 38, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2097, p. 344, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.McClees, Helen. 1920. "Greek Votive Offerings." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15(2): p. 37.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. II(i)c.95, p. 91, pl. XLVIII.4, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 106, pp. 64, 256, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.