Maltese dog figurine
Date1st century BCE–1st century CE
Periodlate Hellenistic to early Roman Empire
CultureCypriot
MediumTerracotta (moldmade, hollow)
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), March 30, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.2088
On View
Not on viewHeight: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm)
Width: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Thickness: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: 7.5 YR 7/4 (pink); core 7.5 YR 7/4 (pink)
Inclusions
some sand
6th century BCE
late 7th century BCE
5th-early 4th century BCE
1300–1200 BCE
late 5th-early 4th c. BCE
5th century BCE
3rd century BCE–1st century CE
