Terracotta figuring of a standing female votary holding a box - image 1

Hellenistic

Terracotta figuring of a standing female votary holding a box

The figurine is mold-made and hollow. The back is handmade, rounded, and pared. The type is very similar to inv. no. 74.51.1583, although it is smaller and there are some differences of detail. H. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)

Date

325 - 275 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1584

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at 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. XXXIX.312, 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. 150, p. 14, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Winter, Franz. 1903. Die antiken terra-cotten im auftrag des Archäologischen instituts des Deutschen reichs: Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten, Vol. 3(2). p. 79, n. 5, Stuttgart: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2214, p. 357, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 365, pp. 218-19, 264, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.