Etruscan silver panels for either a parade chariot or piece of furniture
Silver repoussé panels overlaid with electrum foil. Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals.
These panels probably decorated a parade-chariot or a piece of furniture. They show two riders with a fallen comrade below; and a sphinx and two lions, one attacking a boar. The fine composition and style show the influence from the Greek cities of Asia Minor.
Etruscan, 540-520 BCE. Found in 1812 at the Castel San Mariano near Perugia in a rich tomb.
British Museum, London (1824,0420+.1,2,3)
Etruscan silver panels for either a parade chariot or piece of furniture
Silver repoussé panels overlaid with electrum foil. Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals.
These panels probably decorated a parade-chariot or a piece of furniture. They show two riders with a fallen comrade below; and a sphinx and two lions, one attacking a boar. The fine composition and style show the influence from the Greek cities of Asia Minor.
Etruscan, 540-520 BCE. Found in 1812 at the Castel San Mariano near Perugia in a rich tomb.
British Museum, London (1824,0420+.1,2,3)