Male statuette wearing a tunic, cloak, and headband
Date6th century BCE
Periodlate Archaic
Object GeographyCyprus
CultureCypriot
Geography NotesSaid to have been "found at the temple of Apollo Hylates, near" Kourion, Cyprus
MediumTerracotta (wheelmade and handmade body, moldmade head) with white slip and red paint
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 numberSN28.2010
This male statuette’s gesture of upraised arms identifies him as a worshipper. Details painted over the figure’s white slip surface show how the lengths of cloth that form the front and back of his tunic were joined at the sides. A tall flower adorns the front of his garment.
On View
Not on viewHeight: 16 15/16 in. (43 cm)
Width (at arms): 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Thickness (max, at feet): 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Tube
Diameter (interior): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Diameter (interior, bottom): 2 3/4 in. (7.05 cm)
Diameter (exterior): 3 3/4 in. (9.59 cm)
Thickness (at bottom, near the feet): 7/8 in. (2.17 cm)
Face
Height: 2 5/8 in. (6.67 cm)
Width (at ears): 2 7/16 in. (6.27)
Width (cheek to cheek): 2 1/16 in. (5.28 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: 10R (pale red) 6/4 and 10R 5/4 (weak red); core 10R 5/6 (red)
White slip not in Munsell
Paint 10R 4/6 (red) tp 10R 5/3 and 10R 5/4 (weak red) for red and N 2.5/ (black) for black
Inclusions
lime and sand, sand and gravel sized
5th century BCE
325-50 BC
50 BC-250 AD
late 7th century BCE
50 BC-150 AD
late 4th–3rd century BCE
5th-early 4th century BCE
