Standing male figurine, Archaic II Cypriot statue

Archaic II

Standing male figurine

The lower part of the solid cylindrical body is missing. His arms are stretched along his body and fused with his torso. H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1627

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Kition, Cyprus

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. XXVIII.225, 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. 140, p. 13, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2023, pp. 338-39, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1995. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 4. no. I(i)36, p.. 7, p. 7, pl. IV.3, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 146, pp. 86-87, 257, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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