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Alternative Title
Bucephalos
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.
—The King Was in His Counting House.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
16 x 5 x 8
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Macedonia -- History -- To 168 B.C; Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
figures (representations)
Type
Physical Object
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
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Collection
James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine Collection
Source
Horse 15, Bucephalos, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 2, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i015.jpg