Late Bronze Age II

Terracotta statuette of woman with bird face

This figurine is typical of Cypriot coroplastic art of the Late Cypriot II and III periods. The type, with the pubic triangle accentuated and the breasts clearly shown, is likely of Syrian origin, but Cypriot sculptors created their own variations. H. 7 9/16 in. (19.2 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Material: Clay
Period: Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot II
Date: 1450 - 1200 BC
Place of production: Cyprus
Findspot: Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi

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. II.13, 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. 10, p. 2, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2010, p. 335, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Orphanides, Andreas G. 1983. ""Bronze Age Anthropomorphic Figurines in the Cesnola Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 15, pp. 16-17, pl. X.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 2. no. A(ii)10, pp. 6-7, pl. IV.5, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 11, pp. 21-22, 252, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.1548, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 2010
Orphanides 1983, no. 15
Karageorghis 2016, no. 11

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