Feet on a plinth, Classical Cypriot statue — Feet on a plinth, Classical Cypriot, c. 480–400 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.1467.Open Access by the MET

Classical

Feet on a plinth

The hollow mold-made feet resting on a plinth are from a relief figure of approximately three-fourths lifesize. H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta sculpture
Decoration: Moulded
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ClassicalCypro-Classical I
Date: 480 - 400 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Idalion

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Accession No.

74.51.1467

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From CyprusSaid to be from Idalion

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. LXXX.722, 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. 601, p. 48, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1481, p. 261, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Monloup, Thérèse. 1994. Les terres cuites classiques: un sanctuaire de la grande déesse. Salamine de Chypre., Vol. 14. p. 131, Paris: Diffusion de Boccard.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 274, pp. 160, 261, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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