Terracotta statuette of a reclining youth - image 1

Classical

Terracotta statuette of a reclining youth

The figurine is mold-made and solid. The back is handmade and flat. The feet are missing. The mold impression is very dull and was not retouched. The youth is represented banqueting, a subject with funerary connotations. H. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)

Date

399 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1735

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus, said to be from Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi

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. LXXXII.737, 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. 129, p. 12, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2185, p. 355, 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. 213, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 327, pp. 194, 265, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.