A Greek Bronze Figure of a Horse, Geometric Period, circa 8th century B.C.

Of Corinthian type, of stylized attenuated form standing on an openwork rectangular base, with crested mane, long forward-pointing ears, and cylindrical muzzle.

Mathias Komor, New York [E.820], February 10th, 1976

Jean-Louis Zimmermann, Les chevaux de bronze dans l'art géométrique grec, Mainz, 1989, p. 179, no. 26, pl. 42

Proper left hindleg repaired from two fragments from above knee down to base, proper right hindleg has small crack below knee and another one above hoof which appears to have been strengthened with small rectangular metal plaque soddered on the inside, areas of green paint over much of legs, tail pieced together from four fragments, mane slightly abraded and chipped, surface losses on genitalia, proper right ear, and underside and tip of muzzle, light scratches and pitting overall.
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For a related example in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 21.88.24) see Zimmermann, op. cit., p. 180, no. 27, pl. 42.