Archaic I
Standing male figurine with uplifted arms
The conical body is wheel-made and hollow, with added handmade arms stretched upward and outward. H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Motif
- Human figure
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Idalion
Accession No.
74.51.1620
Collection
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Idalion
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. VIII.56, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2048, p. 340, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 142, pp. 85, 257, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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