Horse 15, Bucephalos

Containers:

Box 2

Physical description:

A large glazed ceramic bay horse depicted at rest on the ground with its head held up (sternal recumbency). It has white stockings (markings) on its forelegs and there is a white stripe on its face. Similar in style to Horse 19. 15. Bucephalos. The horse of Alexander the Great, once King of Macedon (340-323 B.C.) This horse was thirty years old when it died; and Alexander built a city in India to be its mausoleum, which he called Bucephala. >Exhibit label: BUCHEPHALOS, THE HORSE OF ALEXANDER. A gift from Cesario, Prince (and afterward King) of Melphé. — .

Dimensions:

16 x 5 x 8 cm

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