Hellenistic
Right foot
The foot, wearing a sandal, is handmade and solid. It is from a figure of approximately half life size or a little less. H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
Date
199 - 100 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1462
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from 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. LXXX.719, 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. 460, p. 38, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1482, p. 261, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Monloup, Thérèse. 1994. Les terres cuites classiques: un sanctuaire de la grande déesse. Salamine de Chypre., Vol. 14. p. 131, Paris: Diffusion de Boccard.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 341, pp. 203, 261, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.