Cypriot Terracotta Woman in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title: Standing female figurine

Medium; Technique: Terracotta; mold-made

Culture: Cypriot

Period: Cypro-Archaic II

Date: ca. 600–480 B.C.

Dimensions: H. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)

Classification: Terracottas

Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Accession Number: 74.51.1580

On View

Description:

Such terracottas were important for introducing Near Eastern iconographical types into the Greek world.

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