Terracotta statuette fragment of a male votary holding a kid - image 1

Hellenistic

Terracotta statuette fragment of a male votary holding a kid

The figurine is handmade and solid, with a mold-made face. The nude, bearded figure is preserved to the hips, where there is a clean horizontal break from the rest of the figurine, which must have been a horse-and-rider group. h. 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)

Date

399 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1637

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion, 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. XXIII.189, 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. 155, p. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2265, p. 360, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 292, pp. 171-72, 262, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.