Terracotta statuette of a seated boy, Classical Cypriot

Classical

Terracotta statuette of a seated boy

The figurine, of "temple boy" type, is mold-made and solid. The back is mold-made, showing the principal anatomical features. H. 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Decoration: Moulded
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ClassicalCypro-Classical II
Date: 399 - 300 BC
Place of production: Cyprus
Findspot: Kourion

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Accession No.

74.51.1605

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From CyprusFrom Kourion, the temple of Apollo Hylates

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. XLIV.347, 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. 212, p. 19, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2295, p. 361, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Robinson, David Moore. 1931. Excavations at Olynthus: The Terra-cottas of Olynthus found in 1928, Vol. 4, D.M. Robinson, ed. p. 78, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 331, pp. 197, 265, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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