Frau mit Kalb
7. - 6. Jh. v. Chr.
Standing human figure holding a small quadruped. The sex is indeterminable, but probably female. Cylindrical wheel-made body, widens at lower part (missing). Head, mold-made, fixed to the body awkwardly through a tenon. The facial features are well rendered with ridged eyelids and eyebrows. Red paint on entire face. Short locks of hair on either side of face, hair painted black. Flat back part of head with vent hole. Both arms are bent to carry a small horned quadruped with pellet eyes, which may be a calf.
A. Bernhard-Walcher u.a., Die Sammlung zyprischer Antiken im KHM. Sammlungskataloge des KHM Bd. 2, Wien 1999 (V. Karageorghis)
Standing human figure holding a small quadruped. The sex is indeterminable, but probably female. Cylindrical wheel-made body, widens at lower part (missing). Head, mold-made, fixed to the body awkwardly through a tenon. The facial features are well rendered with ridged eyelids and eyebrows. Red paint on entire face. Short locks of hair on either side of face, hair painted black. Flat back part of head with vent hole. Both arms are bent to carry a small horned quadruped with pellet eyes, which may be a calf.
A. Bernhard-Walcher u.a., Die Sammlung zyprischer Antiken im KHM. Sammlungskataloge des KHM Bd. 2, Wien 1999 (V. Karageorghis)
Time:
7. - 6. Jh. v. Chr.
Object Name
Statuette
Culture
Zyprisch
Location of discovery:
Kamelarga (bei Larnaka, Zypern)
Material/technology:
Ton hellgelblich; Körper auf der Scheibe gefertigt, Kopf in einem Model geformt; Bemalung rot und schwarz
Dimensions:
H. 22,7 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung
Invs.
Antikensammlung, V 1987
Provenance
Ashmolean Museum Oxford; aus den Ausgrabungen von John L. Myres 1894; 1905 Geschenk
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