Terracotta Female Plaque, Archaic II Cypriot statue
Terracotta Female Plaque, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 620–550 BC. British Museum, null.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Terracotta Female Plaque

Terracotta female figure plaque with right arm across chest, held to the breast, left arm against side. Almond shaped eyes and full lips on a round face. Head, chest, right and part of left arm. Typical figure type of a woman with double necklace and pendant worn below a collar at the neck. Long flowing hair or wig (with garment drawn over the hair?) and earrings (?). Cypriot clay pressed into one-piece mould. Buff fabric with sand inclusions. Dimensions: Height: 13.40 centimetres Object Type: figure; plaque Techniques: mould-made

Classification

Decoration
Moulded
Material
Clay
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
620 - 550 BC
Place of production
Cyprus
Findspot
Palaepaphos

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Accession No.

null

Collection

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Naukratis) (likely)

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