Archaic II
Chariot group
The handmade group is missing two of the original four horses. The chariot box held only a single charioteer. H. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 600 - 480 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Amathus
Accession No.
74.51.1799
Collection
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from Amathus
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. LXVIII.632, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2106, p. 345, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. II(iii)d.19, p. 112, pl. LXVIII.2, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 82, pp. 51, 255, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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