ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Statuette of a Horse

AAT Object Form/FunctionFigurines

AAT Object Form/FunctionStatuettes (free-standing sculptures)

Place CreatedOlympia, Greece, Europe

CultureGreek

PeriodGeometric

Date750-700 BCE

MediumBronze

Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art

Dimensions2 15/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 3/16 in. (7.4 x 7.1 x 3 cm)

Object number1984.005

Exhibition HistoryAn Enduring Ideal: Classical Art from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 1, 1992 - February 15, 1993
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 1999
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, 2000 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - May 30, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesJacqueline Chittenden and Charles Seltman, Greek Art at Burlington House (London: Faber and Faber, 1946), 26, number 43, plate 9.
Martha Weber, "Eine arkadisch-geometrische Bronzegruppe," Stadel-Jahrbuch 1 (1967): 11, note 18.
Sotheby's New York, Egyptian, Classical, and Near Eastern Antiquities (June 10-11, 1983), lot 53.
Helen C. Smith, "A Walk Through Time," Atlanta Weekly (June 8, 1986).
Jean-Louis Zimmermann, Les Chevaux de bronze dans l'art geometrique grec (Mayence: Philipp von Zabern, 1989), 97, number 114.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 52.

ProvenanceEx coll. Charles Seltman (1886-1957), England. With John Klejman [JJ Klejman Gallery] (1906-1995), New York, New York. With Sotheby's New York, Sale 5054, June 10-11, 1983, lot 53. Purchased by the Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Robin Symes [Robin Symes Ltd.], London, England.

InscribedMane: "KAX" in retrograde

Status

On view

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