Hellenistic
Terracotta figurine of a standing female votary holding a casket
The figurine is mold-made and hollow. The back is handmade, flattened, and pared. The casket she holds may be a votive gift, but figurines carrying them have also been symbolically connected with marriage and fertility. H. 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm)
Date
299 - 100 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1583
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Said to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at Kition, Cyprus
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. XXXIX.315, 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. 149, p. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2211, p. 357, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 445, p. 275, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 364, pp. 218, 264, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.