Classical
Standing female figurine
The solid, mold-made plaque is slightly concave and pared in back. She stands in a stiff frontal pose with her feet together. H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Date
499 - 400 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1570
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. XXIII.184, 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. 13, p. 2, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2252, p. 358, 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. 204, p. 129, pl. XXXIII.6, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 214, pp. 124-25, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.