Terracotta statuette of a woman with raised arms - image 1

Archaic II

Terracotta statuette of a woman with raised arms

The pose of the figure is a time-honored one connected with worship or prayer. It is impossible to be sure whether the statuette shows a deity or a worshipper. H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1612

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus, said to be from a tomb at Ormidhia

References

  • Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. XII.89, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 228, p. 21, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2028, p. 339, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 1977. La grande déesse de Chypre et son culte à travers l'iconographie de l'époque néolithique au VIème s.a.C.. no. B4, p. 205, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 5, p. 88. Paul Aströms Förlag.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 158, pp. 94, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.