Terracotta vase in the form of a sleeping Black African youth, Hellenistic Cypriot anthropomorphic vessel — Terracotta vase in the form of a sleeping Black African youth, Hellenistic Cypriot, c. 299–100 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.2263.Open Access by the MET

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)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figure-vessel
Shape: Special and ritual vesselsAnthropomorphic vessel
Material: Clay
Period: Hellenistic and RomanHellenistic
Date: 299 - 100 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus

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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.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.2263, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Karageorghis 2000, no. 443

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