Metropolitan Museum II
Folder: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art Set II includes: Greek & Roman (Bronze Age Greece, Geometric, Etruscan, and Cypriot Art only) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the world's largest and most important art museums. It is located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, United States. The Met also maintains "The Cloisters", which featur…
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Cypriot Limestone Ram-Bearer in the Metropolitan M…
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Title: Limestone ram-bearer
Medium; Technique: Limestone
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Archaic
Date: second quarter of 6th century B.C.
Dimensions: Overall: 13 x 7 x 4 in. (33 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.2533
On View
Description:
Images of worshipers bringing an animal for sacrifice emphasize the importance of agriculture and animal husbandry for the subsistence of the community. Such limestone examples have been found not only on Cyprus but also in sanctuaries on Samos and Rhodes, for instance. More modest representations exist in terracotta.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Limestone Figure of Kneeling Herakles in the Metro…
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Title: Limestone figure of kneeling Herakles
Medium; Technique: Limestone
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Archaic
Date: late 6th or early 5th century B.C.
Dimensions: H. 28 in. (71.1 cm)
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.2500
On View
Description:
This very fine sculpture shows Herakles as an archer. He has a quiver and scabbard, and was probably shown drawing his bow. The scale and pose suggest that he originally stood in a pediment. The subject and treatment of the drapery clearly reflect Greek influence; indeed, the archer strongly recalls his counterpart in the west pediment of the temple of Aphaia at Aegina.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Terracotta Barrel Jug with Strainer in the Metropo…
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Title: Terracotta barrel jug with strainer
Medium; Technique: Terracotta
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Cypro-Archaic I
Date: ca. 750–600 B.C.
Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm) length 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) diameter 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.517
Description:
Barrel-shaped jugs, with and without strainers, are quite common in Archaic Cypriot pottery. Because they do not stand on their own, they must have served a very specific function. Found in tombs mainly in eastern Cyprus, they may have been purely funerary. This example is decorated with a large bird in flight, his talons drawn up, flanked by a pair of lotus flowers.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Cypriot Terracotta Figure in the Metropolitan Muse…
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Title: Terracotta figure
Medium; Technique: Terracotta; hand-made
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Cypro-Archaic II
Date: ca. 600–480 B.C.
Dimensions: H. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.1640
Description:
Man or monkey? The distinction is minimal in this spontaneous, engaging work. Seated with one foot over the other, the figure is eating or smelling what is probably a piece of fruit. Although Cypriot terracottas are often summarily executed, they clearly represent a medium that was used to capture a momentary or unusual subject, just as today we might make a snapshot or rapid sketch.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Cypriot Terracotta Warriors in the Metropolitan Mu…
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Title: Terracotta warriors
Medium; Technique: Terracotta; hand-made
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Cypro-Archaic II
Date: 6th century B.C.(?)
Dimensions: H. 5 15/15 in. (15.1 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.1644
On View
Description:
This exceptional group shows a foot soldier, with conical helmet and round shield, beside an archer, with bow and quiver. Summary though it may be, the piece probably reflects political realities in Archaic Cyprus, which experienced successive domination by Assyria, Egypt, and Persian between the end of the eighth and the second half of the sixth century B.C.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Cypriot Terracotta Mounted Figure in the Metropoli…
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Title: Terracotta mounted figure
Medium; Technique: Terracotta; hand-made
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Early Cypro-Archaic II
Date: ca. 600 B.C.
Dimensions: H. 7 13/16 in. (19.9 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.1772
On View
Description:
Though conventionally identified as a horse, the animal here shows quite different features: a long, maneless neck (that has been repaired), a compact head, and a short curled-up tail. The rider is sitting sidesaddle on a blanket or seat of some kind. The group may, in fact, show a child riding a dog.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Cypriot Terracotta Group Scene of Punishment in th…
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Title: Terracotta group: scene of punishment
Medium; Technique: Terracotta; hand-made
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Cypro-Archaic II
Date: 6th century B.C.
Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.1440
On View
Description:
Six figures are represented in a narrative situation; five should probably be thought of as seated. The main personage in the center holds a staff in his right hand and wears a conical headdress. A figure to his right holds a small animal, while one to his left has a shield and scabbard. In front of the cluster of onlookers there is someone lying face down and being beaten with a stick by another person. The subject has prompted considerable discussion and been interpreted as a scene of punishment, partly by analogy with the detail on the Shield of Achilles described by Homer.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Cypriot Limestone Model of a Biga in the Metropoli…
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Limestone Model of a Biga (chariot drawn by two horses)
Cypriot, Classical, 5th Century BC
Said to be from a temple at Kourion
From the Cesnola Collection, Accession # 74.51.2687
The chariot box of this model is divided into two sections- one for the charioteer, the other for the man being conducted in procession. The harness of the horses is carefully indicated. They even wear bells hanging from straps around their necks.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Cypriot Limestone Model of a Biga in the Metropoli…
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Limestone Model of a Biga (chariot drawn by two horses)
Cypriot, Classical, 5th Century BC
Said to be from a temple at Kourion
From the Cesnola Collection, Accession # 74.51.2687
The chariot box of this model is divided into two sections- one for the charioteer, the other for the man being conducted in procession. The harness of the horses is carefully indicated. They even wear bells hanging from straps around their necks.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Cypriot Terracotta Lamp with the Egyptian God Bes…
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Title: Lamp representing Bes
Medium; Technique: Terracotta; mold-made and hand-made
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Cypro-Archaic II
Date: end of the 6th century B.C.
Dimensions: H. 9 3/8 in. (23.3 cm)
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.2364
On View
Description:
A small lamp with a short nozzle and flat rim is embedded in a deeper bowl and attached to a vertical handle decorated on the front with a figure of Bes. Incised in the Cypriot syllabary on the rim of the lamp is the inscription "of Philotimos," who was perhaps the maker or owner.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Terracotta Monkey in the Metropolitan Museum of Ar…
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Title: Terracotta monkey
Medium; Technique: Terracotta; hand-made
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Cypro-Archaic II
Date: ca. 600–480 B.C.
Dimensions: H. 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.1645
On View
Description:
Monkeys and bears appear with some frequency in Cypriot terracottas. The representations suggest that the artists may even have observed them firsthand. It is not clear what the animal here is holding.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Cypriot Terracotta Figure Wearing a Bull Mask in t…
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Title: Terracotta figure wearing a bull mask
Medium; Technique: Terracotta
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Cypro-Archaic I
Date: ca. 750–600 B.C.
Dimensions: H. 5 1/8 in. (13.0 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.1619
On View
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Cypriot Terracotta Model of a Shrine in the Metrop…
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Title: Terracotta model of a shrine
Medium; Technique: Terracotta; hand-made
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Cypro-Archaic II
Date: ca. 600–480 B.C.
Dimensions: H. 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.1754
On View
Description:
The model originally had pilasters on either side of the opening. The vertical form inside is an aniconic representation of the fertility goddess Astarte. Similar depictions are known from the Levant and Cyprus. Model shrines began to be made in Cyprus during the Chalcolithic period and, due to Phoenician influence, were produced in particular quantity during the Archaic period. All of the excavated examples come from tombs.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Terracotta Head of a Bull in the Metropolitan Muse…
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Title: Terracotta head of a bull
Medium; Technique: Terracotta; mold-made
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Late Cypro-Archaic II
Date: late 6th–early 5th century B.C.
Dimensions: H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.1470
On View
Description:
The head is exceptional for its size and careful articulation. Whether it served as a mask or a dedication, it stands in a Late Bronze Age tradition attested at Enkomi and Kition of bulls' skulls worn as masks.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Terracotta Comic Mask in the Metropolitan Museum o…
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Terracotta Comic Mask
Greek, Cypriot, late 4th-early 3rd century BC
From the Cesnola Collection, Accession # 74.51.1520
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Cypriot Terracotta Mask in the Metropolitan Museum…
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Terracotta Mask
Cyriot, Cyprio-Archaic I, ca. 750-600 BC
Said to be from a tomb at Amathus
From the Chesnola Collection, Accession Number: 74.51.1478
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Cypriot Terracotta Woman in the Metropolitan Museu…
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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.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Cypriot Terracotta Woman in the Metropolitan Museu…
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Title: Terracotta woman
Medium; Technique: Terracotta; mold-made
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Cypro-Archaic II
Date: ca. 600–480 B.C.
Dimensions: H. 7 9/16 in. (19.2 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.1559
On View
Description:
This figure and 74.51.1579 are associated with the cult of Astarte, the Near Eastern fertility goddess, on Cyprus. A priestess or votary, the woman wears a thin garment and considerable jewelry: ear caps with earrings, a nose ring, and three necklaces, one with a large circular pendant. Her headdress has tassels that frame the forehead. She holds a bird over her abdomen.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
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