Terracotta boar figurine - image 1

Middle Bronze Age I

Terracotta boar figurine

Terracotta figurines of animals usually appear as part of the decoration on the rims of large bowls or the shoulders of vases. Freestanding figurines such as this one are rare. H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

Date

2000 - 1800 BC

Accession No.

74.51.834

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 57, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 6, pp. 20-21, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 19, pp. 26, 252, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.