Archaic II

Chariot group

Chariot (quadriga) models were common offerings in Cypro-Archaic sanctuaries. This is among the smallest known representations of a quadriga. H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1800

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.630, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2105, p. 345, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. II(iii)d.20, pp. 112-3, pl. LXIX.2, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 81, pp. 51, 255, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.