
Archaic II
Standing female figurine
The figurine is mold-made, solid, and flat at the back. Her arms and belly were reworked by hand. H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Decoration
- Moulded
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 599 - 550 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Amathus
Collection
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Amathus
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. XXIV.194, 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. 124, p. 12, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2149, p. 350, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Böhm, Stephanie. 1990. Die "nackte Göttin": zur Ikonographie und Deutung unbekleideter weiblicher Figuren in der frühgriechischen Kunst. no. 3, p. 110, pl. 39a, Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1998. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus: The Cypro-archaic period small female figurines, Vol. 5(B). no. 41, p. 145, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 171, pp. 102, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.1568, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 2149
- Karageorghis 1998, no. 41
- Karageorghis 2016, no. 171
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