Bronze statuette of a Scythian mounted archer

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early 5th century BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art

This statuette, consisting of a separately made archer and his horse, undoubtedly belongs to the lid ornament of a Campanian bronze cinerary urn. The archer wears the distinctive Phrygian cap and fitted jacket of a Scythian. A complete cinerary urn with four similar archers on the lid (40.11.3) is on view in this case.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 5th century BCE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Etruscan, Campanian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989