Standing male figurine, Archaic II Cypriot statue
Standing male figurine, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–480 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.1626.Open Access by the MET

Archaic II

Standing male figurine

The figurine is handmade and solid. His legs are shown full length and joined together. H. 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm)

Classification

Material
Clay
Date
600 - 480 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Idalion

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Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Idalion

References

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.1626, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
  • Myres 1914, no. 2262
  • Karageorghis 2016, no. 139

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