horse; Formerly Johannes W. F. Collection Reimers (Hamburg); clay; hand-modeled; fired (ceramic); painted (ceramic); cold painting; clay; Total: Height: 13 cm; Width: 13.3 cm; Depth: 4.2 cm; ceramic; small sculptures/small works of art; three-dimensional sculptures; grave goods; horse; Middle Archaic; Greek antiquity; Slender; stylized horse with neck and head flattened at the sides. The tail is short and flattened like a beavertail. The flared legs are not jointed. The neck is painted with transverse parallel lines; three circular lines run around the trunk. Two red stars are on the croup. The noseband of the bridle is painted on. In Boeotia; Brettidole; riders and horses are found together in graves. The horse has different meanings: On the one hand it belongs to the death and death cult; on the other hand it is a status symbol of the aristocracy. Perhaps the heroic character of the deceased is to be praised.