Cypriot Terracotta Mounted Figure in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title: Terracotta mounted figure

Medium; Technique: Terracotta; hand-made

Culture: Cypriot

Period: Early Cypro-Archaic II

Date: ca. 600 B.C.

Dimensions: H. 7 13/16 in. (19.9 cm)

Classification: Terracottas

Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Accession Number: 74.51.1772

On View

Description:

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.

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