Archaic II
Shield bearer
The cylindrical body, flaring at the bottom, is handmade and solid. His right forearm is missing. Military representations were popular in the Cypro-Archaic period. During the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., foreign soldeirs were present on Cyprus. Cypriots also served as mercenaries in foreign armies. Contemporaneous Assyrian art often depicted military themes. H. 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1654
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from Idalion
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. XXXI.258, 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. 192, p. 18, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2101, p. 344, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 125, pp. 76, 257, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.