Head and upper body of a female figurine - image 1

Archaic II

Head and upper body of a female figurine

The figurine is handmade and solid. The head, shoulders and arms, and upper chest are preserved. She bends both arms to her chest to hold an unidentifiable object just below her pellet breasts. H. 3 in. (7.6 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1555

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to have been found in a tomb at 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. XI.85, 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. 83, p. 8, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2060, p. 340, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 200, pp. 118, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.