Archaic II
Horse figurine
The handmade and solid horse originally was part of a horse-and-rider figurine in the Kourion style. H. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1769
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from Ormidhia
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. LXXI.646, 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. 319, p. 28, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2079, p. 342, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1933. "The Amathus Bowl: A long-Lost Masterpiece of Oriental Engraving." The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 53(1): p. 35 n. 25.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1996. "The Cypro-archaic period monsters, animals and miscellanea." The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 6. pp. 25-26, fig. 26, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 111, pp. 67, 256, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.