Standing female figurine, Classical Cypriot statue
Standing female figurine, Classical Cypriot, c. 450–400 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.1737.Open Access by the MET

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)

Classification

Material
Clay
Date
450 - 400 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Chytroi

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Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from Kythrea

References

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.1737, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
  • Myres 1914, no. 2246
  • Karageorghis 2016, no. 212

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