Standing female kithara player, Classical Cypriot statue

Classical

Standing female kithara player

The figurine is mold-made and solid. The back is handmade and flat. The figurine is very thin, like a plaque. The face and hair are Archaic in style, but the drapery is of Classical date, which determines the date of the figurine. H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Decoration: Moulded
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ClassicalCypro-Classical II
Date: 399 - 300 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Chytroi

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Accession No.

74.51.1695

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From CyprusSaid to be from Kythrea

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. XXXIV.282, 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. 160, p. 15, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2254, p. 358, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 324, pp. 191-93, 264, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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