Archaic II
Standing female figurine
The figurine is mold-made and solid. The molding rim was roughly cut away and the back was hollowed. H. 6 3/16 in. (15.66 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1566
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from Amathus
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. XXV.206, 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. 11, p. 2, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2162, p. 352, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1998. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus: The Cypro-archaic period small female figurines, Vol. 5(B). no. 12, p. 261, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 181, pp. 108, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.