Donkey figurine - image 1

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)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1811

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.