Standing male(?) figurine holding a bird

Standing male(?) figurine holding a bird

Description:

The cylindrical flattened body is handmade and solid, flaring toward a concave base.


H. 8 15/16 in. (22.7 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 480 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From CyprusSaid to be from 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. XX.151, 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. 280, p. 25, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2050, 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. 138, pp. 82-83, 257, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1715