Fragment of a limestone votive relief with a quadriga (?)

Fragment of a limestone votive relief with a quadriga (?)

Description:

The lower part of the relief remains, with five horse legs that appear to float.


Overall: 6 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (17.5 x 21 x 4.1 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

400 - 301 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Said to be from the sanctuary of Ayios Photios, Golgoi, Cyprus

References:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXXVIII, 3, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1877, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1961. Les Inscriptions Chypriotes Syllabiques: Recueil Critique et Commenté. no. 272, Paris: E. de Boccard.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 447, p. 320, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2306