Terracotta statuette of a woman
Description: | Readily apparent on this worshipper is her jewelry, particularly the long pendants on her ears and the necklaces. H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 480 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus, said to be from a tomb at 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. XXV.204, 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. 223, p. 20, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2160, p. 352, 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. 129, n. 81, Paris: Diffusion de Boccard.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 178, pp. 106-7, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1575 |