Bidspirit auction | Cypriot Ceramic Horse and Rider

Cypriot Ceramic Horse and Rider Statuette - 8th-7th century B.C. Representing a warrior with conical helmet riding his mount, round earrings. Cf. Karageorghis, V., Cipro, Crocevia del Mondo Mediterraneo orientale 1600-500 a.C., Milano, 2002, figs.377,383. 209 grams, 14 cm high (5 1/2 in.). 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. 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. [No Reserve]