Classical
Chariot group
The group is handmade and solid. The faces are mold-made. Two male figures appear behind the four horses. This group is an abbreviated version of a chariot group, for the chariot itself is not rendered. The bodies of the horses, which stand on a hollow rectangular frame, are short. The bodies of the men merge with the horses. H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Date
399 - 300 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1663
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion or from a tomb at Idalion
References
- Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 935, p. 62, pl. XIV.24, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. p. 164, London: John Murray.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. LXXIII.658, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2281, p. 360, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 276, pp.161, 262, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.