Hellenistic
Terracotta vase in the form of a sleeping Black African youth
The sleeping boy's nakedness and exhausted state suggest that he is a servant. Vases of this shape probably held perfumed oils. H. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm)
Date
299 - 100 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2263
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Said to be from Cyprus
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1878. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. p. 456, New York: Harper & Brothers.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 443, pp. 274-75, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.