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A Cypriot terracotta chariot group

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Cypriot terracotta chariot group
Iron Age, Cypro-Archaic, circa 600 B.C.
The chariot modelled with large disc wheels and two figures, the driver at the front, the warrior standing behind wearing a conical helmet with a disc-shaped shield slung across his back, drawn by four horses, each with raised mane, set on a rectangular integral base, 15.5cm high, the base 12cm x 16.5cm

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Provenance:
The Hayes collection, UK, acquired prior to 1988.

For another terracotta quadriga group cf. V. Tatton-Brown (ed.), Cyprus BC, 7000 years of history, London, 1979, p. 94, fig. 286.

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