The group represents the cult image of the goddess Cybele enthroned on a cart drawn by two lions. Spouts formerly projecting from the open mouths of the lions. The original cart, harness, and throne no longer survive. The rear left wheel is a 19th century restoration.
#1279. Bronze statuette of Cybele on a cart drawn by lions, Part 1
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1279. Bronze statuette of Cybele on a cart drawn by lions, Part 1
1280. Bronze statuette of Cybele on a cart drawn by lions, Part 2
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Title:Bronze statuette of Cybele on a cart drawn by lions
Period:Mid Imperial
Date:2nd half of 2nd century CE
Culture:Roman
Medium:Bronze
Dimensions:Overall: 12 x 54 3/4in. (30.5 x 139.1cm)
Classification:Bronzes
Credit Line:Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1897
Object Number:97.22.24
From Rome (Hoeber 1899, p. 48)
Before 1887, found in Rome; [with Francesco Martinetti, Rome]; [1890, acquired by Henry G. Marquand, purchased from F. Martinetti through Wolfgang Helbig]; acquired in 1897, gift of Henry G. Marquand.
Hoeber, Arthur. 1899. Treasures of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 48, New York: R. H. Russell.
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McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th ed. pp. 12, 14, fig. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1941. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 6th ed. pp. 12, 14, fig. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Bandinelli, Ranuccio Bianchi. 1958. Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale, Vol. 2. p. 364, fig. 526, Rome: Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. no. 108, p. 140, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1997. Vol. 8: Thespiades-Zodiacus. "Kybele," p. 760, no. 94, pl. 515, Zürich: Artemis Verlag.
Bowden, Hugh. 2010. Mystery Cults in the Ancient World. pp. 94, 118, pl. IX, London: Thames and Hudson.
Woolf, Greg. 2012. Rome: An Empire's Story. p. 124, fig. 8, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zanker, Paul, Seán Hemingway, Christopher S. Lightfoot, and Joan R. Mertens. 2019. Roman Art : A Guide through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Collection. no. 118, pp. 243–44, New York: Scala Publishers.
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