Archaic II

Terracotta figure

In the early archaeological literature on the Cesnola Collection, this figure was often considered a bearded Aphrodite. Although the garment and pose recall representations of Astarte, the subject is probably male. H. 6 in. (15.2 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1565

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

References

Perrot, Georges and Charles Chipiez. 1885. Histoire de l'Art dans l'Antiquité. t. 3, Phénicie, Cypre. fig. 383, Paris: Hachette.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. XXVIII.228, 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. 168, p. 15, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2159, p. 352, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. p. 80, pl. XLIV.3. Paul Aströms Förlag.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 219, pp. 144-45, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 2005. Kypris: the Aphrodite of Cyprus: Ancient Sources and Archaeological Evidence. pp. 110-11, fig. 102, Nicosia, Cyprus: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Christou, Sandra. 2012. Sexually Ambiguous Imagery in Cyprus from the Neolithic to the Cypro-Archaic Period, BAR International, 2329. p. 60, fig. 6.18, Oxford: Archaeopress.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 169, pp. 100-1, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.