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LOT 0536

Cypriot Ceramic Horse and Rider Statuette

8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

5 1/2 in. (209 grams, 14 cm high).

Representing a warrior with conical helmet riding his mount, round earrings. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Karageorghis, V., Cipro, Crocevia del Mondo Mediterraneo orientale 1600-500 a.C., Milano, 2002, figs.377,383.

Footnotes

The most popular animals in Cypriot coroplasts of the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. were horses, with or without riders, with long necks and decorated along the whole body like contemporary ceramics. It is worth remembering that the horse, in this period represented a status symbol for the military aristocracy and that bodies of sacrificed horses have been found in royal tombs.

CONDITION

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LOT 0536

Cypriot Ceramic Horse and Rider Statuette

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

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