Classical

Female head, probably of a goddess

The head, which is related to the Kition goddess type, is mold-made and solid; the veil was added by hand. The back is handmade and flattened. H. 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)

Date

399 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1509

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at Kition, Cyprus

References

Strahan, Edward. 1881. "Greek Terra-Cottas from Tanagra and Elsewhere." Scribner's Monthly, 21(5). p. 924, fig. 10.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. LXI.514, 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. 481, p. 39, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2195, p. 356, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 313, pp. 185, 263, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.