Terracotta model of a boat
Description: | In its simplicity, this piece conveys the fragility of ancient vessels in relation to the vastness and power of the sea, which was a source of food and livelihood for traders. It was a barrier and, simultaneously, a link for an island like Cyprus. Such boats were used by ordinary people. 1 1/16 x 2 5/16 in. (2.69 x 5.89 cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 480 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus |
References: | Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2129, p. 348, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Westerberg, Karin. 1983. Cypriote ships from the Bronze age to c. 500 BC. no. 52, pp. 43, 62, 67, fig. 52, Gothenburg: Paul Aströms Förlag.Basch, Lucien. 1987. Le musée imaginaire de la marine antique. pp. 253, 256, fig. 550, Athènes: Institut hellénique pour la préservation de la tradition nautique.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1996. "The Cypro-archaic period monsters, animals and miscellanea." The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 6. no. V.b.27, p. 76, pl. XLIII.8, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Barnes, Lorna and Ellen Salzman. 1998. "Preliminary Investigations of Surface Decoration on a Group of Ancient Terracottas from Cyprus." Glass, Ceramics and Related Materials : ICOM Committee for Conservation Glass, Ceramics, and Related Materials Working Group, & Institute of Arts and Design Department of Conservation Studies, Alice B. Paterakis, ed. p. 82, Vantaa, Finland: EVTEK Institute of Art and Design, Dept. of Conservation Studies.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 93, pp. 57, 255, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1751 |