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, flattened, and pared.


H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

325 - 275 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Said to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at Kition, Cyprus

References:

Strahan, Edward. 1881. "Greek Terra-Cottas from Tanagra and Elsewhere." Scribner's Monthly, 21(5). p. 921, fig. 7.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. XXXIX.318, 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. 183, p. 17, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2220, 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. 315, pp. 186-87, 263, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1592