Standing nude female figurine, Archaic II Cypriot statue — Standing nude female figurine, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–480 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.1569.Open Access by the MET

Archaic II

Standing nude female figurine

The figurine is solid and was made from a worn mold. The legs are missing below the knees. Part of the background is missing above the head. She stands in relief against a curved background, H. 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Decoration: Moulded
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date: 600 - 480 BC
Place of production: Cyprus
Findspot: Amathus

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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. XXVIII.229, 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. 224, p. 20, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2143, p. 350, 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. 208, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Böhm, Stephanie. 1990. Die "nackte Göttin": zur Ikonographie und Deutung unbekleideter weiblicher Figuren in der frühgriechischen Kunst. p. 110, no. 4a, 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. 40, pp. 144-45, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 174, pp. 104, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.1569, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 2143
Karageorghis 1998, no. 40
Karageorghis 2016, no. 174

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