This statuette of horses has been made on wheels in the style of an Asco, a closed oil and anointing vessel.
Plastic vessel shapes are also very popular with Askoi, as here. Because it is predestined as a children's toy, it cannot be ruled out that this small work of art has been "misused" by small hands.
It is possible that the creation of this sculpture was also inspired by the myths of Troy and the Trojan horse. The time of origin, the 13th century BC, Mycenaean culture, indicates this. Recent researches date the existence of Troy, or the city that Homer later identified as Troy, to the 14th and 13th century BC.
The exhibit, like perhaps its Trojan model, can be rolled up. Replica in original size, hand-painted and hand-made.
Exhibited at the Archeological Museum of Volos, better known as the Athanasakeion Archaeological Museum of Volos.
