Archaic II
Standing female figurine
The figurine is mold-made and solid. The back was hollowed and reworked by hand. H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1714
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Palaepaphos
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. IX.69, 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. 35, p. 4, 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. 59, pp. 211-12, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 176, pp. 105, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.