Model Chariot

Description

This terracotta chariot may have held a figurine of a hero or divinity for use on a domestic altar or as a toy. The two-wheeled conveyance is decorated with rows of flowers and bells. A charioteer and two horses, now indistinct, appear to have been carved onto the front.

Provenance

Navin Kumar, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1984); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1984–)

Model Chariot

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200s–100s BCE

Accession Number

1984.46

Medium

terracotta

Dimensions

Overall: 11.5 x 12.5 cm (4 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Navin Kumar