Horse figurine with seat for a rider
Date1300–1200 BCE
Periodmid-Late Bronze Age
CultureCypriot
MediumTerra cotta (handmade, hollow) with dark reddish-gray and red paint
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874-1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), April 20, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.2068
On View
Not on viewHeight: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Width: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Length: 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Chair
Height: 1 11/16 in. (4.23 cm)
Width: 1 7/8 in. (4.81 cm)
Depth: 1 7/16 in. (3.58 cm)
Chair pieces
Diameter: 1/4 in. (0.65-0.7 cm)
Head
Height: 13/16 in. (2.05 cm)
Width: 7/8 in. (2.17 cm)
Length (muzzle to mane): 1 7/16 in. (3.63 cm)
Neck
Length: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)
Diameter: 13/16 in. (2.07 cm)
Body
Length: 3 7/8 in. (9.81 cm)
Width (at front): 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)
Width (at rear): 1 11/16 in. (4.22 cm)
Diameter (at center): 1 1/4 in. (3.12 cm)
Leg
Length (front): 1 5/8 in. (4.07 cm)
Length (back): 1 11/16 in. (4.32 cm)
Eye
Diameter: 3/8 in. (0.87-1.11 cm) / 3/8 in. (0.93-0.97 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: 7.5 YR 6/6 (reddish yellow); core 7.5 YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) to 5Y 6/1 (gray)
Paint: 10R 4/6 (red) for red and 10R 4/1 (dark reddish gray) for black
Inclusions
few sand, few tiny lime, few small voids
1050–900 BCE
900-800 BCE
1100-1000 BCE
650-475 BCE
1450-1200 BCE