Standing female figurine
Description: | This possibly nude figurine is mold-made and solid, with a smooth back and convex feet. She stands in relief against a background, which is curved at the top. H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 480 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Amathus |
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. XXV.199, 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. 173, p. 16, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2147, p. 350, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 1977. La grande déesse de Chypre et son culte à travers l'iconographie de l'époque néolithique au VIème s.a.C.. p. 208, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 173, pp. 103-4, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1571 |