Terracotta bird - image 1

Archaic II

Terracotta bird

The figurine is handmade and hollow; to the bell-shaped body are attached open wings, a flat rectangular tail, and a solid cylindrical curving neck. Painted decoration: In black, the wings and horizontal bands on the sides. There are red and black vertical bands on the front and back. H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.830

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 744, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 255, pp. 148, 260, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.