Archaic II
Standing female figurine
The figurine is mold-made and solid, with a flat back. Her feet and left hand have broken off. The back of her head is oblique. H. 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1573
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Idalion
References
- Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. p. 865, pl. XIV.6, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. pl. VI, London: John Murray.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. III.21, 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. 174, p. 16, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2148, p. 350, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 1977. La grande déesse de Chypre et son culte à travers l'iconographie de l'époque néolithique au VIème s.a.C.. p. 208, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1998. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus: The Cypro-archaic period small female figurines, Vol. 5(B). no. 25, p. 139, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 172, pp. 103, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.