Standing female figurine - image 1

Hellenistic

Standing female figurine

The solid, mold-made figurine is probably a vase attachment. H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)

Date

299 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1721

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus Said to be from Larnaca (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. XXXII.269, 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. 72, p. 7, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2244, p. 358, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 376, pp. 223-24, 264, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.