Standing female figurine - image 1

Archaic II

Standing female figurine

The solid figurine was made from a worn mold. The back is rounded and was reworked by hand on the left side. She stands on a small plinth. H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1564

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from Amathus

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. XXXII.268, 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. 175, p. 16, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2163, p. 352, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1998. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus: The Cypro-archaic period small female figurines, Vol. 5(B). no. 10, p. 261, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 180, pp. 107, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.