Terracotta statuette of a seated goddess

Terracotta statuette of a seated goddess

Description:

The figurine, a seated goddess of the Kition type, is mold-made and hollow. The back is handmade and flat.


H. 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

399 - 300 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Said to be from the Salt Lake near Larnaca, 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. L.382, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2202, p. 357, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 306, pp. 181, 263, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1593