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A Cypriot terracotta female figure
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A Cypriot terracotta female figure
Late Bronze Age, circa 1450-1200 B.C.
The hollow nude figure standing with arms curved beneath the breasts, the modelled head with applied beaked nose, cupped ears and circular eyes with incised nostrils and mouth, black slip applied to the flat-topped head to indicate the hair, the incised triangular pubic region similarly coloured, the neck decorated with red and black rings, 19cm high
Late Bronze Age, circa 1450-1200 B.C.
The hollow nude figure standing with arms curved beneath the breasts, the modelled head with applied beaked nose, cupped ears and circular eyes with incised nostrils and mouth, black slip applied to the flat-topped head to indicate the hair, the incised triangular pubic region similarly coloured, the neck decorated with red and black rings, 19cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
D. R. collection, England, acquired prior to 1969.
This type of female figure is distinguished by the flat top of the head and use of red and black rings around the neck, with the application of black to the pubic triangle. For a similar example of a standing nude female see V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art From Cyprus. The Cesnola Collection, New York, 2000, p. 25, fig. 15. Karageorghis suggests that the flat head and other characteristics indicate that this type is influenced by Mycenaean coroplastic art.