LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: charioteer

Title: Mold depicting a charioteer and archer Period: Maurya Date: ca. 200 BCE Culture: India, Pataliputra, Bihar Medium: Black clay Dimensions: H. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm) Classification: Ceramics Credit Line: Lent by Bihar Museum, Patna Object Number: TS.372 This small clay disc depicts a warrior unleashing an arrow while driven by a charioteer, perhaps a heraldic image of a Mauryan ruler in the Achaemenid tradition of warrior-kingship. It was excavated together with inscribed ring stones and probably also served as a jeweler’s mold for ear ornaments. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/819124

Title: Mold depicting a charioteer and archer Period: Maurya Date: ca. 200 BCE Culture: India, Pataliputra, Bihar Medium: Black clay Dimensions: H. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm) Classification: Ceramics Credit Line: Lent by Bihar Museum, Patna Object Number: TS.372 This small clay disc depicts a warrior unleashing an arrow while driven by a charioteer, perhaps a heraldic image of a Mauryan ruler in the Achaemenid tradition of warrior-kingship. It was excavated together with inscribed ring stones and probably also served as a jeweler’s mold for ear ornaments. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/819124

Figure of a Charioteer Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC), Warring States period (475-221 BC), 4th-3rd century BC Bronze Accession # 1993.387.15 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.