Hellenistic
Standing female kithara player
The figurine is mold-made and solid. The back is handmade and flat. The figurine is very thin, like a plaque. H. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Date
299 - 200 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1694
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb 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. V.38, 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. 88, p. 8, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2256, p. 358, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Monloup, Thérèse. 1994. Les terres cuites classiques: un sanctuaire de la grande déesse. Salamine de Chypre., Vol. 14. p. 109, n. 6, Paris: Diffusion de Boccard.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 325, pp. 192-93, 264, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.