ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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TWO CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURES
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
The hollow figures mold made, each standing on an integral base, wearing an ankle-length garment, a veil pulled up over her head, with her right arm held across her torso, holding an attribute in her right hand, one with a lyre in her left; together with an Apulian Gnathian-ware trefoil oinochoe, circa 340-320 B.C., the ribbed body topped with a white band, with ivy and berries around the neck
Taller: 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high (3)

Provenance

Acquired by the current owner prior to 1980.

Lot Essay

For a similar lyre player see no. 227, pp. 148-149 in Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The oinochoe not illustrated.

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