Charioteer
Description: | The handmade solid figurine is from a chariot group. The face is mold-made. The standing figure is preserved to the hem of his Greek charioteer's long chiton. H. 6 13/14 in. (17.3 cm) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 399 - 300 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion |
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. XLV.353, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 151, p. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2250, p. 358, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 277, pp. 161-62, 262, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1622 |