Archaic I

Standing male flute player with a serpent around his shoulders

The flaring lower part of the cylindrical body is wheel-made and hollow. The upper part and the head are handmade. H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

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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. XI.84, 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. 196, p. 18, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2047, p. 340, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. nos. I(vi)8, I(viii)22, pp. 39, 48, pls. XIX.6, XXIII.8, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 135, pp. 81-82, 257, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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