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Boeotian Greek Polychrome Terracotta Horse and Rider

With painted details in dark brown slip. The tail has been reattached. No restoration.

Hellenistic mid-6th Century BC

Height: 13.3 cm. (5 1/4 in.)

Width: 12.5 cm. (4 15/16 in.)

#5205

Ex: private British collection of Sir Clifford John Norton (d. 1990), British Ambassador to Greece. With Sotheby's, New York, 1996.

Exhibited: BRAFA Art Fair. (Brussels, 26 Jan- 2 Feb 2020) Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XII. (New York, 2014) p.20

Comparanda: Chesterman, James ; Classical Terracotta Figures (Woodstock, 1974) p.35, no.23

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