Small reddish terracotta statuette of a horse with dark painted stripes and a rider on its back, on a plain light background.

Terracotta Statuette of a Horse and Rider

A small terracotta figure shows a horse with a rider seated on its back, standing on four slender legs against a plain light background. The reddish-orange clay is decorated with dark painted stripes and lines across the horse's body, legs and neck, and the rider is a simple, upright figure.

Artist: Ancient Greek
Date: 575-525 BCE
Medium: terracotta
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1265 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date -525).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, George W. Sheldon Fund

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