
Archaic II
Terracotta model of a "cart"
This model differs from 74.51.1792 mainly in that the rail at the sides is higher. A single male occupant holds a cup. H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Date
599 - 500 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1802
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
References
- Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 698, p. 53, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2111, p. 346, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Klein, Anita Elizabeth. 1932. Child Life in Greek Art. p. 9, n. 84, New York: Columbia University Press.Crouwel, Joost H. 1985. "Carts in Iron Age Cyprus." Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus (RDAC), : no. TM34, pp. 204, 212, 218, pl. XXXIII.7.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1991. "La vie quotidienne a Chypre." Cypriote terracottas : proceedings of the First International Conference of Cypriote Studies, Brussels-Liège-Amsterdam, 29 May-1 June, 1989 / organized by the "Groupe de Contact interuniversitaire d'études chypriotes", F.N.R.S./N.F.W.O. (Belgium), Frieda Vandenabeele and Robert Laffineur, eds. p. 167, Brussels-Liège: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. II(iv)4, p. 122, pl. LXXIII.4, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 240, p. 151, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 2006. Aspects of Everyday Life in Cyprus: Iconographic Representations. no. 174, p. 184, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 86, pp. 53-54, 255, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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