Standing female figurine
Description: | The solid, mold-made figurine is probably a vase attachment. The back is handmade and concave. H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm) |
Period: | Hellenistic |
Date: | 199 - 99 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at Kition, Cyprus |
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. LI.397, 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. 201, p. 18, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2191, p. 355, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 378, pp. 224-25, 264, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1726 |