A Cypriot painted terracotta model of a horseman

8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A Cypriot painted terracotta model of a horseman
8th-7th Century B.C.
The horse with tall exaggerated neck, painted with geometric red squares and black linear pattern, the rider who wears a red painted conical hat clings to the mane of the animal; and a Boeotian terracotta horse and rider, with traces of red paint, 6th Century B.C.
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) and 6 1/8 in. (15.3 cm.) high respectively (2)

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