Horse

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Culture Greek

Title Horse

Date 750–700 BCE

Medium Bronze

Dimensions Object: 3 9/16 × 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (9 × 2.2 × 8.3 cm)
Overall: 3 9/16 × 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (9 × 2.2 × 8.3 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 64.109.6

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Valued by warriors and hunters, horses represented wealth and prosperity. Many small statuettes similar to this one were placed in temples and shrines as votive offerings. Simplified triangular shapes dominate the overall form of the horse, and circular bulls-eye designs decorate the surface. This kind of pattern-oriented approach is typical of the art of the Geometric period in ancient Greece.

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"Horse | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=64.109.6