Middle Bronze Age I

Terracotta plank-shaped figurine

This is a classic example of the "developed" plank-shaped figurine, with an elliptical body and neck and rounded shoulders. The decoration on the back is similar to that on the front. The figurine once wore earrings of metal or thread. H. 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm)

Date

1900 - 1800 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1535

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from a tomb at Alambra

References

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 838, p. 59, pl. XIV.3, 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. p. 86, 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. II.6, 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. 2, p. 1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2003, p. 333, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Orphanides, Andreas G. 1983. ""Bronze Age Anthropomorphic Figurines in the Cesnola Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 3, pp. 6-7, pl. III.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1991. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 1. no. Bi.5, pp. 82-83, 93, pl. XLVIII.4, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 3, pp. 20-21, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 2, pp. 16-17, 252, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.