Mithridates relief from National Archaeological museum of Athens 20cm base offers included

An Attic relief, sometimes also known as the Mithridates funerary relief is displayed at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens


The Pentelic marble relief consists of two plates and there must have been a third piece on the left hand side, containing at least the tail of the horse. The central figure of the relief is a horse moving to the right, with its head pulled upwards away from the right edge of the relief. A portion of the horses nose is missing, the only substantial damage to the piece. Its left foreleg is raised and bent, the right is stretched out and planted firmly in the ground. The hind legs reinforce the horse's position, the left hind leg is in very low relief, only barely extending out of the surface. On the horse's back is a panther pelt, which is attached around its front. At the front, to its left, stands a stable boy who reaches up to strike the horse with a whip, as the pained posture of the horse's head makes clear. The boy wears a chiton. His hair is cut short, but the pattern of the locks indicates that he is an exotic foreigner. It is probably that he is an African slave, most likely from Ethiopia.

The art work is made by keramin, a plaster - polymer compound . It is ready to hang, with a metal strip.We don't use alabaster ( or marble dust or magnesitis or sand ) which are VERY cheap materials with porous and poor quality.

All of our sculptures are high offers museum copies and not free designs that's why we mention from where copies come from.

Height :20 cm base included
Width : 14 cm


Each piece is unique so the color of statue may have small differences from item to item.



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