Archaic II
Model of a coffin
The model is handmade. The sides, which widen slightly toward the top, rest on four short legs H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1756
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2125, p. 348, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Klein, Anita Elizabeth. 1932. Child Life in Greek Art. p. 16, n. 219, New York: Columbia University Press.McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th ed. p. 30, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 260, p. 151, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.