Terracotta comic figurine - image 1

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Terracotta comic figurine

The figurine seems to represent an old man. He has a hunched posture and bent knees. His thin lower legs are joined with a panel of clay. H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

Date

325 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1706

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

  • 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. XLI.326, 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. 253, p. 23, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2321, p. 362, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 397, pp. 234-35, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.