
Archaic II
Votive statuette of a woman
Votive statuette of a woman The woman stands frontally and with your legs closed on a cuboid plinth.It is covered with a long, wrinkle -free underneath with the hem clearly defeated on the wrists, it carries a fine, painted overpower with long, wide -open sleeves.Color residues are preserved, especially in the area of the breasts, on the neckline and on the right forearm, where the painted sleeve opening is still clearly visible, while the course of the cloth on the left wrist is plastically specified.The right arm is bent, the hand closed to the fist holds a pinch (lotus or pomegranate blossom) on the chest, the left-handed and laid on the body side includes a loto blossom on the stem.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999 H. 53 cm
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Decoration
- Painted
- Motif
- Lotus
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 550 - 500 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
Antikensammlung, I 358
Collection
Provenance
- Brugsch, Heinrich Dr.Prof.;1875 purchase
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