Seated male figurine, Archaic II Cypriot statue

Archaic II

Seated male figurine

The figurine is solid and handmade from hard red clay. The man is seated as if on the ground. H. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

89.2.2133

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Until 1888, collection of Joseph William Drexel, New York; acquired in 1889, gift of Mrs. Lucy Wharton Drexel.

References

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 792, p. 55, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. 3, p. 138, pl. LXXIX.6, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 152, pp. 90, 257, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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