Archaic I
Standing female figurine holding an amphora on her head
The cylindrical body is wheel-made and hollow. The upper part of the body, arms, head, and amphora are handmade. H. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Date
750 - 600 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1616
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Episkopi, near Kourion
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. XX.158, 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. 78, p. 7, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2039, p. 339, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1998. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus: The Cypro-archaic period small female figurines, Vol. 5(A). p. 19, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 160, pp. 94-95, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.