Terracotta figurine of a standing female votary holding a box

Terracotta figurine of a standing female votary holding a box

Description:

The figure is slender and lissome, with high breasts, clearly representing a young woman. The right arm is at the side, the hand grasping a long fold of drapery. Her left arm supports from beneath an open rectangular casket, showing within a row of four rings, possibly representing a wreath of flowers.


H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

399 - 300 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Said to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at Kition, 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. XLIX.378, 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. 148, p. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2213, p. 357, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Caubet, Annie, Sabine Fourrier, Anne Queyrel, and Frieda Vandenabeele. 1998. L'art des modeleurs d'argile : antiquités de Chypre, coroplastique. no. 320, p. 522, Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 320, pp. 189, 264, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1581