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Model Chariot
1st-2nd Century BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This terracotta chariot may have held a figurine of a hero or divinity for use on a domestic altar or as a toy. The two-wheeled conveyance is decorated with rows of flowers and bells. A charioteer and two horses, now indistinct, appear to have been carved onto the front.
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- Title: Model Chariot
- Date Created: 1st-2nd Century BC
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 11.5 x 12.5 cm (4 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: Navin Kumar, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.46
- Medium: terracotta
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: India, Shunga Period (c. 187-78 BC)
- Credit Line: Gift of Navin Kumar
- Collection: Indian Art - Sunga
- Accession Number: 1984.46
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