Archaic II
Chariot group
Of this handmade group, only the chariot box, part of one wheel, and one of the two figures originally standing in the box (the charioteer) are preserved. H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1801
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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.627, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2109, p. 345, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1933. "The Amathus Bowl: A long-Lost Masterpiece of Oriental Engraving." The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 53(1): p. 36 n. 34.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 80, pp. 50, 255, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.