Chalcolithic

Picrolite figure

The form and material are characteristic of figures from the Chalcolithic (literally "copper-stone") period on Cyprus. These works, found mainly in graves, may have been deposited as offerings or worn as pendants. Height: 3 1/8 × 11/16 in., 0.8oz. (7.9 × 1.8 cm, 22.682g) Width: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone figurine
Material: StonePicrolite
Period: Chalcolithic
Date: 3900 - 2500 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Accession No.

51.11.5

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

[Until 1951, with Nicolas Koutoulakis, Paris and Geneva]; acquired in 1951, purchased from N. Koutoulakis.

References

Mertens, Joan R. 1975. "Three Chalcolithic Figures from Cyprus." Metropolitan Museum Journal, 10: pp. 5-8, figs. 1-2.Mertens, Joan R. 1975. "Three Chalcolithic Figures from Cyprus." Metropolitan Museum Journal, 10: pp. 5-8, figs. 1-2.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 10, fig. 10, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Picón, Carlos A. 2007. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 260, pp. 226, 457, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Bombardieri, Luca and Elisa Panero. 2021. Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations p. 83, fig. 4, London: DeArtcom.Bombardieri, Luca and Elisa Panero. 2021. Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations : exhibition catalog no. 002, p. 237, London: DeArtcom.