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Frau mit Vogel

7. - 6. Jh. v. Chr.

Standing human figure holding a bird. The sex is indeterminable, but is probably female. Cylindrical wheel-made body widens towards the lower part. Face, mold-made, fixed to the body with a tenon. Small face with carefully rendered facial features, short locks of hair on either side of the face. Vent-hole at the back of the head. Both arms are bent to carry a bird (dove?) against the chest. Traces of black color on bird, arms, and body.

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 bird. The sex is indeterminable, but is probably female. Cylindrical wheel-made body widens towards the lower part. Face, mold-made, fixed to the body with a tenon. Small face with carefully rendered facial features, short locks of hair on either side of the face. Vent-hole at the back of the head. Both arms are bent to carry a bird (dove?) against the chest. Traces of black color on bird, arms, and body.

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; Reste von schwarzer Bemalung

Dimensions:
H. 20,2 cm

Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung

Invs.
Antikensammlung, V 2006

Provenance
Ashmolean Museum Oxford; aus den Ausgrabungen von John L. Myres 1894; 1905 Geschenk

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