Terracotta statuette of a standing woman
Description: | The solid figurine was made from a worn mold. The feet were added by hand. The back is flat. Her right arm is bent against the chest, probably holding a flower. H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 499 - 475 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus, said to be from Soli |
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.266, 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. 134, p. 13, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2187, p. 355, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 1977. La grande déesse de Chypre et son culte à travers l'iconographie de l'époque néolithique au VIème s.a.C.. pp. 213-14, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Monloup, Thérèse. 1994. Les terres cuites classiques: un sanctuaire de la grande déesse. Salamine de Chypre., Vol. 14. p. 74, n. 47, p. 124, n. 33, Paris: Diffusion de Boccard.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 213, pp. 124, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1582 |