Archaic II

Donkey figurine

The solid, handmade donkey carries panniers. The right foreleg, part of the tail, most of the harness bands, and the greater part of the ears are missing. H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ArchaicCypro-Archaic II
Date: 600 - 480 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Alambra

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Alambra

References

Colonna-Ceccaldi, Georges. 1882. Monuments Antiques de Chypre, de Syrie et d'Égypte. p. 132, Paris: Didier.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. XIV.104, 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. 622, p. 50, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2083, p. 343, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1996. "The Cypro-archaic period monsters, animals and miscellanea." The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 6. p. 29, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Hermary, Antoine. 2000. Amathonte: Les figurines en terre cuite, archaïques et classiques, les sculptures en pierre, Vol. 5. p. 55, n. 144, Paris: Editions Recherché sur les Civilisations.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 247, pp. 144-45, 260, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.1811, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 2083
Karageorghis 2016, no. 247

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