Standing female figurine (cruciform)

Standing female figurine (cruciform)

Description:

The solid head and body are mold-made, the arms handmade. The back is handmade, flat, and pared. The crude, cruciform figure is in a frontal pose, the feet close together.


H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

399 - 300 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at Kition, or the Salt Lake near Larnaca, 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. XII.93, 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. 75, p. 7, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2242, 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. 220, pp. 128-29, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1647