Standing male figurine
Description: | The flaring cylindrical body is handmade and solid. He crosses his arms over his chest. H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 480 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Kythera (possibly a misprint for Kythrea in Cyprus) |
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. XX.152, 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. 195, p. 18, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2022, p. 338, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 147, pp. 87, 257, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1633 |