Toy in the form of a male(?) figure
Description: | The figure, who had moveable arms, may have been part of a toy. H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) length 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 480 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Ormidhia |
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. XXVII.220, 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. 700, p. 53, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2123, p. 348, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Vandenabeele, Frieda. 1986. "Bread in the Cypriote Terracotta Production of the Archaic Period." Medelhavsmuseet, 21. no. 3, p. 41, fig. 6.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1991. "La vie quotidienne a Chypre." Cypriote terracottas : proceedings of the First International Conference of Cypriote Studies, Brussels-Liège-Amsterdam, 29 May-1 June, 1989 / organized by the "Groupe de Contact interuniversitaire d'études chypriotes", F.N.R.S./N.F.W.O. (Belgium), Frieda Vandenabeele and Robert Laffineur, eds. p. 152, Brussels-Liège: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. III(v)5, p. 143, pl. LXXXII.4, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Barnes, Lorna and Ellen Salzman. 1998. "Preliminary Investigations of Surface Decoration on a Group of Ancient Terracottas from Cyprus." Glass, Ceramics and Related Materials : ICOM Committee for Conservation Glass, Ceramics, and Related Materials Working Group, & Institute of Arts and Design Department of Conservation Studies, Alice B. Paterakis, ed. p. 78, Vantaa, Finland: EVTEK Institute of Art and Design, Dept. of Conservation Studies.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 262, p. 162, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 155, pp. 91-92, 257, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1646 |