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Pierced appliqué plaque: frontal quadriga with Nike charioteer,
ca. 540–525 B.C.

Northern Greek

2002-283

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Title

Pierced appliqué plaque: frontal quadriga with Nike charioteer

Dates

ca. 540–525 B.C.

Medium

Gilt-silver

Dimensions

5.9 x 6.5 cm (2 5/16 x 2 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, Gift in memory of Emily Townsend Vermeule, honorary degree holder of the Class of 1989.

Object Number

2002-283

Place Made

Northern Greece

Culture

Greek

Type

reliefs, metalwork, plaques, onlays

Materials

silver

Techniques

gilding

Subject

figures (representations), quadrigae, horses, mythology, deities

Purchased by the Museum from Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd in 2002

"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2002," <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 62 (2003): p. 107-161., p. 144 (illus.), p. 148

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Northern Greek, Northern Greece, ca. 540–525 B.C., Pierced appliqué plaque: frontal quadriga with Nike charioteer. Gilt-silver; 5.9 x 6.5 cm. Museum purchase, Gift in memory of Emily Townsend Vermeule, honorary degree holder of the Class of 1989. (2002-283) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/41291

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