A.I. 1779
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statuette
- Object description
- Chariot drawn by four horses with very short bodies. Straight necks, hogged manes, front-cover, head-cover with plume, cheek-bands, yoke laid across necks of horses which are yoked two and two. The chariot is low and of flat type attached to the horses by means of two poles. The chariot has big, solid wheels. The chariot body is open in the rear and there is a loop. In the chariot three men are standing. The right one in front is the driver, he has straight-cut beard and pellet ears, dressed in a pointed helmet with top bent forwards. The left one in front has a pointed beard and pellet nose, and is dressed in a soft helmet with top bent backwards. He holds a sword between body and left arm. The man standing behind the last described has pointed beard, pellet ears, and is dressed in a turban. On left shoulder fragment of a strap which indicates that he has been holdning a sword, now missing. The group stands on a base-tablet. Brown clay, light slip, rather effaced.
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