Terracotta figurine of a standing female votary holding a box

Terracotta figurine of a standing female votary holding a box

Description:

The figurine is mold-made and solid. The back is handmade, partly flattened, and pared.


H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

399 - 300 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. XLIX.377, 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. 147, p. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2212, p. 357, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Caubet, Annie, Sabine Fourrier, Anne Queyrel, and Frieda Vandenabeele. 1998. L'art des modeleurs d'argile : antiquités de Chypre, coroplastique. p. 522, under no. 843, Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 321, pp. 190, 264, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1585