Classical
Standing female kithara player
The figurine is mold-made and solid. A circular vent is hollowed in the back at chest level. H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm)
Date
399 - 300 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1671
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from Kythrea
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. XXXIV.286, 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. 90, p. 9, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2253, p. 358, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 323, pp.191-92, 264, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.