Hellenistic
Terracotta statuette of a dancing youth
This statuette belongs to a series of "Phrygian dancers" that is associated with the cult of Cybele or the Mother Goddess. The figure is represented as performing an ecstatic dance, presumably part of the cult rituals. H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Date
299 - 200 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1710
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus, said to be from Kythrea or Soli
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. XXXVIII.307, 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. 144, p. 13, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2299, pp. 360-61, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Connelly, Joan. 1990. "Hellenistic Terracottas of Cyprus and Kuwait." The Coroplast's Art: Greek Terracottas of the Hellenistic World, Jaimee Uhlenbrock, ed. p. 97, fig. 89, New Rochelle, N.Y.: College Art Gallery, State University College New Paltz.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 441, p. 273, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine. 2000. Amathonte: Les figurines en terre cuite, archaïques et classiques, les sculptures en pierre, Vol. 5. p. 105, n. 250, Paris: Editions Recherché sur les Civilisations.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 351, pp. 209-10, 263, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.