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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA HORSE AND RIDER

The rider wearing a helmet with a chin-strap, a chiton with a pleated skirt. He holds an oval shield on his left arm, the right arm extended, and sits on a saddle with girth-straps. The whole enlivened with red, ochre, grey and white slip.
Losses and some minor repairs. Possibly from Coptos.

Ex American private collection, Connecticut.

1st-2nd Century AD

H. 7 in. (17.8 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2007, no. 226
BLN129
$2,850


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