Archaic II
Standing female figurine
The hollow figurine was made from a very worn mold. At the back is a vent. H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1669
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Amathus
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. XXV.202, 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. 36, p. 4, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2167, p. 352, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 1977. La grande déesse de Chypre et son culte à travers l'iconographie de l'époque néolithique au VIème s.a.C.. p. 216, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Monloup, Thérèse. 1994. Les terres cuites classiques: un sanctuaire de la grande déesse. Salamine de Chypre., Vol. 14. p. 109, n. 78, p. 129, n. 4, Paris: Diffusion de Boccard.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 182, pp. 108-9, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.