Altar with a Chariot, Driver, and Horses

6th century BCE (Archaic)

39.4 cm 20.5 cm

Citation

The relief on this altar depicts a charioteer driving a chariot and horses (either two or more) galloping to the right. The scene closely resembles coins of Sicily during the Archaic period. The bottom and sides are open.

Artifact

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Jean P. Lambros, Athens, by 1912, [mode of acquisition unknown]; sale, Hotel Drouot, June 17-19, 1912, lot 103, illus. [said to be from Locri, Italy]. Alphonse Kann, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]. Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P358]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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