Magia ornamentu / Galeria / Vessel with image of a horse

Vessel with image of a horse
Chronology:
Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC
Location:
Gródek, Lubelskie, Poland; accidental find
Dimensions:
47 cm (height), 27 cm (rim diameter), 50 cm (diameter at the widest belly section): 20 cm (bottom diameter)
Rev. Stanisław Staszic Museum in Hrubieszów

A large clay vessel with a biconical shape and a prominent belly. Below the rim, there are four identical, elbow-shaped ears. Engraved beneath are zoomorphic images of animals resembling horses. These animal motifs engraved on a clay vessel originating from the Funnel Beaker culture can be considered the oldest image of a horse in the eastern area of Central Europe (see more).