Archaic II
Standing female lyre player
The figurine is mold-made and solid. It may have been cut across the lower body. Her arms, which were added by hand, curve forward to hold a lyre, of which only the lower part is preserved. H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1693
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Idalion
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. V.29, 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. 82, p. 8, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2165, p. 352, 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. 216, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 193, pp. 114-15, 258-59, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.