Horse and rider - image 1

Archaic I

Horse and rider

The figurine is handmade and solid. The rider stretches his arms forward to touch the horse's mane. H. 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm)

Date

750 - 600 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1775

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at 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. LXIX.633, 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. 322, p. 28, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2092, p. 343, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. II(i)a.29, p. 66, pl. XXXII.7, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 97, pp. 59-60, 256, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.