Archaic I
Terracotta statuette of a man holding a quadruped
The figure represents a worshipper bringing an offering. In its original condition, it would have had movable legs, attached through the holes on either side of the lower body, and it would have been suspended by the hole at the top of the headdress. H. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Date
750 - 600 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1613
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus, said to be from a tomb at Ormidhia
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. p. 203, London: John Murray.Perrot, Georges and Charles Chipiez. 1885. Histoire de l'Art dans l'Antiquité. t. 3, Phénicie, Cypre. pp. 188, 190, fig. 127, Paris: Hachette.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. VIII.55, 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. 31, p. 4, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2041, p. 340, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.McClees, Helen. 1920. "Greek Votive Offerings." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15(2): p. 37.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 264, pp. 162-63, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 128, pp. 78, 257, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.