Sleek as a greyhound, a diminutive horse pulls a bronze disk covered with gold, on this elegant chariot. Behind the gold disk is a second disk, obscured in this view, made simply of bronze. Each leg of the horse is supported by a wheel, as is each disk. Found on the island of Zealand, in modern Denmark, the work dates to the 14th century B.C. At 24 inches long, it is the largest metal sculpture unearthed from the North European Bronze Age. Art historians suggest the gold-covered disk represents the day and the bronze disk symbolizes night; the sculpture […]
