Terracotta statuette of an enthroned goddess between two attendants - image 1

Classical

Terracotta statuette of an enthroned goddess between two attendants

This figurine is one of the most completely preserved of a group of enthroned goddesses from Kition. The seated goddess is flanked at either side by a standing attendant. The group is hollow and was mold-made in three parts; the two separately molded attendants are made to fit very closely against the sides of the goddess' throne. Both figures were joined to the throne at the back before firing. h. 10 13/16 in. (27.5 cm)

Date

399 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1589

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Said to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at Kition, or the Salt Lake near Larnaca, Cyprus

References

  • Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 989, p. 27, pl. XV, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. 50, London: John Murray.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. XLVIII.376, 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.181, p. 17, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2198, pp. 355-56, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.McClees, Helen. 1920. "Greek Votive Offerings." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15(2): p. 36.Monloup, Thérèse. 1994. Les terres cuites classiques: un sanctuaire de la grande déesse. Salamine de Chypre., Vol. 14. p. 56, n. 29, p. 131, Paris: Diffusion de Boccard.Caubet, Annie, Sabine Fourrier, Anne Queyrel, and Frieda Vandenabeele. 1998. L'art des modeleurs d'argile : antiquités de Chypre, coroplastique. no. 794, p. 500, Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 304, pp. 178-180, 251, 263, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.