Archaic II

Seated female figurine

The figurine is mold-made and hollow, with a vent at the back. Her flat body is rendered very abstractly, showing only a stiff double outline at either side. Her drapery is flat and plain, without folds. Her arms are not rendered. H. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date: 600 - 480 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Soli

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Accession No.

74.51.1587

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From CyprusSaid to be from Soli

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. XXXII.267, 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. 128, p. 12, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2183, p. 355, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 1977. La grande déesse de Chypre et son culte à travers l'iconographie de l'époque néolithique au VIème s.a.C.. p. 213, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 223, pp. 130-31, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.