Equestrian figurine; stylized; right front leg of horse restored; right ear of rider missing. Rider has large nose, no legs, is holding horse by the mane and wears a pointed hat. Horse has stiff mane, long neck, straight legs, red paint on front and back of legs. Red and black checkerboard and other designs on horse’s breast. Height 15.4 cm; length 11.2 cm.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Cyprus
Culture or time period:
Cypro-Archaic I (700–600 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
October 26, 1901
Materials:
Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines
Production date:
Bichrome IV (ca. 700-600 BC)
Accession date:
February 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
length 12.5 centimeters, height 15.5 centimeters, and width 4 centimeters
Loans:
S1952-1953 #7: Los Angeles County Fair (July 28, 1952–December 15, 1952), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1961-1962 #27: Art (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (November 16, 1961–March 27, 1963), S1963-1964 #39: History of Art (UC Berkeley) (November 7, 1963–March 3, 1964), S1964-1965 #26: History of Art (UC Berkeley) (November 12, 1964–June 10, 1965), S1966-1967 #124: University of California, Berkeley (June 28, 1967–July 25, 1967), S1971-1972 #62: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (January 10, 1972–April 4, 1972), S1976-1977 #4: History of Art (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (July 26, 1976–July 26, 1976), S1978-1979 #20: University of California, Davis/Lynn Roller (October 3, 1978–December 5, 1978), S1979-1980 #14: Department of Classics, UC Davis/Lynn Roller (September 27, 1979–December 19, 1979), S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983), S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983), S2015-2016 #3: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (May 5, 2016–August 2, 2016), and S2018-2019 #2: Hallie Ford Museum of Art (February 9, 2018–April 28, 2019)