Archaic II
Two figures in a scene of childbirth
The two embracing figures are handmade and solid. They are quite crude and without detail. H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1531
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. XXII.180, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2117, p. 347, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 206, pp. 120-21, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.