Frau mit Tympanon
7. - 6. Jh. v. Chr.
Standing human figure playing the tambourine. The sex is indeterminable, but probably female. Long cylindrical wheelmade body, splaying at the lower part. Head, mold-made, fixed with a tenon to the body. The facial features are carefully rendered. Ridged eyelids and eyebrows. Short locks of hair on either side of the face, flat back part of head. Black for hair and eyes, faint traces of red on face. Both arms are bent, the left hand holds and the right plays the disc-shaped tambourine. Traces of black painted bands along the sides of the body. Air-hole at the back of the head.
A. Bernhard-Walcher u.a., Die Sammlung zyprischer Antiken im KHM. Sammlungskataloge des KHM Bd. 2, Wien 1999 (V. Karageorghis)
Standing human figure playing the tambourine. The sex is indeterminable, but probably female. Long cylindrical wheelmade body, splaying at the lower part. Head, mold-made, fixed with a tenon to the body. The facial features are carefully rendered. Ridged eyelids and eyebrows. Short locks of hair on either side of the face, flat back part of head. Black for hair and eyes, faint traces of red on face. Both arms are bent, the left hand holds and the right plays the disc-shaped tambourine. Traces of black painted bands along the sides of the body. Air-hole at the back of the head.
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; Überzug weiß; Körper auf der Scheibe gefertigt, Kopf in einem Model geformt; Bemalung rot und schwarz
Dimensions:
H. 19,8 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung
Invs.
Antikensammlung, V 1989
Provenance
Ashmolean Museum Oxford; aus den Ausgrabungen von John L. Myres 1894; 1905 Geschenk
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