Seated goddess
Description: | The figurine, a seated goddess of the Kition type, is mold-made and hollow. The back is handmade, flattened, and concave behind the headdress. This figurine may be from the same mold series as accession number 74.51.1589, but it is larger and therefore must be earlier. H. 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 399 - 300 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Said to be from the Salt Lake near Larnaca, Cyprus |
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. L.386, 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. 182, p. 17, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2200, p. 357, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 305, pp. 180-81, 263, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1590 |