Female ring dancer

Female ring dancer

Description:

The figurine is mold-made and solid; the arm extensions are handmade. The back is handmade and flattened.


H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 - 300 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From CyprusSaid to be from Kythrea or Soli

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. XXXVIII.306, 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. 91, p. 9, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2245, p. 358, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 218, pp. 127, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1651