Thronende Muttergöttin
4. - 3. Jh. v. Chr.
The mother-goddess motif is represented by this small limestone group from the Hellenistic period. The woman, clothed in a long robe, wears the polos or crown of a goddess and is bejeweled with earrings and throat-chains. In her arms is a small child wrapped in a blanket and wearing a high bonnet. The worsening quality of the local Cypriot sculpture in the 4th century B. C. is clear from the rough use of the chip-cut technique on this statuette.
A. Bernhard-Walcher u.a., Die Sammlung zyprischer Antiken im KHM. Sammlungskataloge des KHM Bd. 2, Wien 1999
The mother-goddess motif is represented by this small limestone group from the Hellenistic period. The woman, clothed in a long robe, wears the polos or crown of a goddess and is bejeweled with earrings and throat-chains. In her arms is a small child wrapped in a blanket and wearing a high bonnet. The worsening quality of the local Cypriot sculpture in the 4th century B. C. is clear from the rough use of the chip-cut technique on this statuette.
A. Bernhard-Walcher u.a., Die Sammlung zyprischer Antiken im KHM. Sammlungskataloge des KHM Bd. 2, Wien 1999
Time:
4. - 3. Jh. v. Chr.
Object Name
Statuette
Culture
Zyprisch
Location of discovery:
Idalion (Dhali, Zypern)
Material/technology:
Kalkstein
Dimensions:
H. 18,8 cm, B. 11,2 cm, D. 2,7 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung
Invs.
Antikensammlung, V 1204
Provenance
Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, Konsul, Larnaka; 1869 Kauf