Archaic II

Terracotta mounted figure

Though conventionally identified as a horse, the animal here shows quite different features: a long, maneless neck (that has been repaired), a compact head, and a short curled-up tail. The rider is sitting sidesaddle on a blanket or seat of some kind. The group may, in fact, show a child riding a dog. H. 7 13/16 in. (19.9 cm)

Date

625 - 575 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1772

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

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.636, 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. 390, p. 33, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2086, p. 343, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. II(i)d.2, p. 94, pl. XLIX.1, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 243, p. 153, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 2006. Aspects of Everyday Life in Cyprus: Iconographic Representations. no. 161, pp. 173-74, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 100, pp. 61, 256, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.