Archaic II
Standing tambourine player
The figurine, of uncertain gender, is handmade and solid. The cylindrical body flares to a concave base. The arms are bent forward, the hands supporting a tambourine between them. H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1675
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Idalion
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. VI.40, 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. 141, p. 13, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2024, p. 340, 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.1991. "Of Drums and Damsels: Women's Performance in Ancient Israel." Biblical Archaeologist, 54(1). p. 17.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 229, p. 148-49, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 227, p. 133, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.