Figurine holding an object, possibly a musician holding an object
Date650-475 BCE
Periodlate Archaic
CultureCypriot
MediumTerra cotta (wheelmade, moldmade, and handmade)
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), April 20, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.2065
On View
Not on viewHeight: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
Width (at elbows): 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm)
Width (just below arms): 1 9/16 in. (3.95 cm)
Thickness (back to chest): 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
Face
Height: 1 7/8 in. (4.78 cm)
Width (cheek to cheek): 1 7/16 in. (3.65 cm)
Width (ear to ear): 1 11/16 in. (4.31 cm)
Thickness (nose to back of head): 1 11/16 in. (4.33 cm)
Object
Height: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Width: 11/16 in. (1.69 cm)
Body
Diameter (lower end): 1 1/2 in. (3.76 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: 2.5Y 8/2 (pale yellow); core 2.5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown)
Inclusions
many small sand, few large ochre
6th century BCE
2nd or 1st century BCE
late 4th–3rd century BCE
5th century BCE
5th-early 4th century BCE