Terracotta female figure, Geometric II Cypriot statue

Geometric II

Terracotta female figure

Though summarily executed, the details on the front and back of the figure indicate an elaborate garment and headdress. H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)

Date

950 - 750 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1610

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

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. XII.90, 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. 226, p. 21, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2025, p. 338, 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. 143, pl. 24d, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1977. The goddess with uplifted arms in Cyprus. pp. 18-19, n. 52, pl. IV.3, Lund: LiberLäromedel/Gleerup.Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 2, pp. 87-88. Paul Aströms Förlag.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 2. n. 52, p. 83, pl. IV.3, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Barnes, Lorna and Ellen Salzman. 1998. "Preliminary Investigations of Surface Decoration on a Group of Ancient Terracottas from Cyprus." Glass, Ceramics and Related Materials : ICOM Committee for Conservation Glass, Ceramics, and Related Materials Working Group, & Institute of Arts and Design Department of Conservation Studies, Alice B. Paterakis, ed. p. 78, Vantaa, Finland: EVTEK Institute of Art and Design, Dept. of Conservation Studies.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 211, p. 141, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Christou, Sandra. 2012. Sexually Ambiguous Imagery in Cyprus from the Neolithic to the Cypro-Archaic Period, BAR International, 2329. p. 52, fig. 6.4, Oxford: Archaeopress.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 58, p. 38, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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