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Scaraboid: two-horse chariot and charioteer
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Rock crystal scaraboid with engraving on the flat face. The gem depicts a charioteer driving a two-horse chariot to the left. It is unclear whether the charioteer is a man or woman. The design is schematically rendered so that details of face or clothing are not readily visible. The animals are deeply carved with a drill in a style that approaches the a globolo style found in other Etruscan art.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Damon Mezzacappa (by 1986) gift; to the Harvard Art Museum 1986.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Damon Mezzacappa
Title: Scaraboid: two-horse chariot and charioteer
Description:
Rock crystal scaraboid with engraving on the flat face.
The gem depicts a charioteer driving a two-horse chariot to the left.
It is unclear whether the charioteer is a man or woman.
The design is schematically rendered so that details of face or clothing are not readily visible.
The animals are deeply carved with a drill in a style that approaches the a globolo style found in other Etruscan art.
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