Archaic II
Terracotta woman
The figure represents a type that came to Cyprus from the Levant and is common at Phoenician and Punic sites in the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. A pregnant woman sits with her hand on her belly, signifying her connection with fertility. H. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1712
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
References
- Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 866, p. 60, pl. XIV.5, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. IV.26, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2151, p. 351, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 220, p. 145, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 209, pp. 122, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.