Archaic II
Terracotta statuette of a woman playing the tambourine
The figurine, in the Kamelarga style, has a wheel-made, hollow cylindrical body, flaring at the bottom. H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1681
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus, said to be from the Salt Lake near Larnaca
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.45, 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. 21, p. 3, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2032, p. 339, 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, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 188, pp. 112, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.