Standing female flute player - image 1

Classical

Standing female flute player

The figurine, from a ring dance group, is handmade and solid, with a mold-made head. The figure is preserved from the head to about the thighs, where there is a clean horizontal break. H. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)

Date

450 - 399 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1689

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from Amathus

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. LXXXII.735, 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. 95, p. 9, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2249, 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. 216, pp. 126, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.