Sheet from a shield

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Inventory number

ΕΑΜ Χ 6958

Artist

Corinthian workshop (?)

Category

Decorative element

Period

Archaic Period

Date

End of 6th-beginning of 5th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.07 m
Length: 0.096 m

Material

Bronze

Location

First Floor Case 15, Νο 7

Description
Bibliography

Ochanon sheet adorned with a quadriga driven by a winged figure, perhaps Nike or Eos, rendered in relief. The chariot and the horses’ tails are worked in a lower relief. The scene is framed with a band formed of continuous spirals and a chain of relief dots. The lustrous yellow colour of bronze as well as the theme chosen to be depicted indicate a Corinthian workshop although it could merely imitate a Corinthian original.

Bather, A.G., «The Bronze Fragments of the Acropolis», Journal of Hellenic Studies 13, 1892/93, σελ. 258, εικ. 8
De Ridder, A., Bronzes Trouvés sur l' Acropole d'Athènes, Paris, 1896, σελ. 122-123, αρ. κατ. 374
Kunze, E., Archaische Schildbänder: ein Beitrag zur frühgriechischen Bildgeschichte und Sagenüberlieferung, Olympische Forschungen 2, Berlin, 1950, σελ. 243
Touloupa, E., Early Bronze Sheets with figured scenes from the Acropolis, στο D. Buitron-Oliver, New Perspective in Early Greek Art, Studies in the History of Art 32, Washington, 1991, εικ. 31-32
LIMC VI, Nike, σελ. 866, αρ. κατ. 177