Terracotta statuette of a nude woman, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot — Terracotta statuette of a nude woman, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1450–1200 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.1549.Open Access by the MET

Late Bronze Age II

Terracotta statuette of a nude woman

The statuette is hollow. The groove on the left breast is accidental. Such figures were placed in tombs and may symbolize fertility and regeneration. H. 8 9/16 in. (21.79 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Material: Clay
Period: Bronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot II
Date: 1450 - 1200 BC
Place of production: Cyprus
Findspot: Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from a tomb at Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi

References

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 841, p. 59, pl. XIV.9, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. p. 89, pl. VI, London: John Murray.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. III.15, 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. 64, p. 6, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2014, pp. 335, 337, 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. 82, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Orphanides, Andreas G. 1983. ""Bronze Age Anthropomorphic Figurines in the Cesnola Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 16, pp. 17-18, pl. XV.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 2. no. B(ii)10, p. 12, pl. IX.2, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 15, p. 25, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2000. "The New Cypriot Galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Minerva, 11(3): pp. 21-23, fig. 17.Karageorghis, Vassos. 2002. Early Cyprus: Crossroads of the Mediterranean. pl. 109, Los Angeles, California: J. Paul Getty Museum.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 2005. Kypris: the Aphrodite of Cyprus: Ancient Sources and Archaeological Evidence. pp. 196-97, fig. 255, Nicosia, Cyprus: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Picón, Carlos A. 2007. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 266, pp. 229, 458, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 14, pp. 8, 23, 252, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Bombardieri, Luca and Elisa Panero. 2021. Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations : exhibition catalog p.139, fig. 5, London: DeArtcom.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.1549, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Doell 1873, no. 841
Myres 1914, no. 2014
Orphanides 1983, no. 16
Karageorghis 2000, no. 15
Karageorghis 2016, no. 14

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Csn3293Idols

Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3293. Public domain (CC0).

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