cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/87.2.1
| Accession_Number | 87.2.1 |
| Shape | Figurine |
| Shape_description | Horse figurine |
| Material | Terracotta |
| Fabric | Boeotian |
| Fabric_description | |
| Munsell_color | 7.5YR 7/6 |
| Decoration | Horse decorated with white slip on pale orange, with dark red (for black?) stripes on chest, legs, mane, tail, and harness. Head and mouth of the horse shows representation of bridle, with thin horizontal bands down the neck representing the mane. There are two horizontal bands around the main torso of the horse. Horizontal bands also decorate the legs, chest and tail of the horse figurine. Front legs are slightly projected forward, as are the rear legs backwards. The legs are straight and disproportionately long compared to the head and torso. |
| Inscriptions | |
| Condition | Right foreleg and part of tail missing. Left foreleg has been restored. Traces of white slip. The once probably black colour of the decoration is now brown/red. The surface of the figurine is worn and scratched in places. |
| Technique/Style | |
| Provenance | |
| Period | High Archaic |
| Date | 550 |
| Dating_details | |
| Artist | |
| Attribution | |
| Image | |
| Comparanda | BM Cat.787-88; Ure, 'Aryballoi', pl. 16.49.438. |
| Bibliography | J. Stubbe Ostergaard, Acta Hyperboraea 3 (1991) 152 cat. Ia2 with fig. 56. |
| Archive_Ref | reference 1 |
| Beazley_DB | |
| Height | 11.1 (ear tip, to leg). |
| Diameters | |
| Handle_height | |
| Other_dims. | L. 11.7 (nose to tail); W. 4.5 |
| Location | History grave |
| Edited_by | Lucia; Kinsey |
| Date_edited | 24.08.2004; 18.01.2006 |