Female ring dancer - image 1

Classical

Female ring dancer

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)

Date

499 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1651

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.