Standing female figurine - image 1

Classical

Standing female figurine

The figurine is mold-made and solid. The back is handmade and flattened; the figurine is shallow, almost a plaque. H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

Date

450 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1737

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from Kythrea

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. XXXII.270, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2246, p. 358, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 212, pp. 123-24, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.