Standing female figurine

Standing female figurine

Description:

The figurine is mold-made and hollow. The back is handmade, with a small round vent at chest level. The veil around the head was added.


H. 7 9/16 in. (19.2 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

550 - 450 BC

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. XXIV.195, 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. 278, p. 25, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2155, p. 351, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1998. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus: The Cypro-archaic period small female figurines, Vol. 5(B). no. 180, p. 66, pl. XVIII.3, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 185, pp. 110, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1578