A Boeotian terracotta figure of a horse and rider

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A Boeotian terracotta figure of a horse and rider
the horse with long tail, decorated with black painted stripes across the body and spotted breast plate, the rider holding onto the horse's mane, arm missing, repaired -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high, mid-6th Century B.C.

Lot Essay

Cf. R. A. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the British Museum, Oxford, 1969, nos. 782 and 783 for other examples, both from Tanagra
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