Seated male figurine - image 1

Archaic II

Seated male figurine

The figurine is solid and handmade from hard red clay. The man is seated as if on the ground. H. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

89.2.2133

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Until 1888, collection of Joseph William Drexel, New York; acquired in 1889, gift of Mrs. Lucy Wharton Drexel.

References

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 792, p. 55, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. 3, p. 138, pl. LXXIX.6, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 152, pp. 90, 257, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.