Standing male figurine

Standing male figurine

Description:

The cylindrical body, slightly flaring at the bottom, is handmade and solid. He holds his right arm and hand with a clenched fist across his chest.


H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)

Period:

Archaic

Date:

750 - 480 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From CyprusSaid to be from Alambra

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. XIII.99, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2024, 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. 148, pp. 88, 257, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1625