Archaic II
Torso of a limestone fighting woman
Warrior with tight-fitting tunic and strap-like loin-cloth. Overall: H.:4 3/16 x W.:2 1/2 x D.:1 1/4 in. (10.6 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm)
Date
510 - 490 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2573
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Golgoi-Ayios Photios
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. LVII.376, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1053, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 278, p. 215, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.