LOT 82 Cypriot Horse and Rider Figure
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8th-6th century B.C. A terracotta horse and rider figure modelled in the round standing on elongated stub legs, stout neck with stylised painted mane and coat detailing, waisted muzzle with raised almond-shaped eyes defined by painted roundels, solid colouring to the muzzle and short tail; rider represented by a torso and D-shaped head, arms reaching for the horse's neck and gripping its mane, painted detailing to the arms, hands and face. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number , for very similar. 206 grams, 15.5 cm wide (6 1/8 in.). London deceased estate, 1960s-1970s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is apanied by AIAD certificate no.11300-192101. Terracotta figurines of horse and rider weremon grave offerings in Boeotia, northwest of Attica, particularly during the 6th century B.C. Representations of warriors on horseback were already diffused in the Geometric Period, and widely employed in Cyprus, in this same period. The image of our rider, although influenced by Cypriot designs, does not show typical Cypriot characteristics, and indeed his Kausia cap suggests a northern Greek origin. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions .]
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