Archaic II
Standing tambourine player
The figurine, of uncertain gender, is in the Kamelarga style. It is wheel-made and hollow, with a cylindrical body that flares at the bottom. The head is mold-made, the arms handmade H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1680
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from the Salt Lake near Larnaca, 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. VI.39, 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. 281, p. 25, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2031, 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. 205, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1998. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus: The Cypro-archaic period small female figurines, Vol. 5(A). no. 24, p. 71, pl. XLVIII.4, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 231, p. 149, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 230, pp. 134-35, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.