Archaic I
Treis dancer and flute player
Treigen dancers and flute players group of three dancers around a musician who blows the double flute on a round, flat pane.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 (V. Karageghis) H. 10,5 cm, Dm. 11,4 cm
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Motif
- Human figure
- Material
- probablyClay
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 750 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, Konsul, Larnaka;1869 purchase
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- Antikensammlung, V 1172, Vienna Museum
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