Terracotta statuette of a seated or crawling boy - image 1

Hellenistic

Terracotta statuette of a seated or crawling boy

The figurine is mold-made, hollow, and thick-walled. The child's head, chest, most of the right arm, and part of the left are preserved.p H. 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm)

Date

299 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1746

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Said to have been found at the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion, 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. XLVII.372, 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. 47, p. 5, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2319, 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. 389, pp. 231, 265, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.