Archaic II
Seated female figurine
The figurine is handmade and solid. The face and hair are mold-made. Her left forearm is missing. With her right hand she touches her right breast. H. 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1562
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from Amathus
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. XI.81, 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. 230, p. 21, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2176, p. 353, 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. 217, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 203, pp. 119, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.