Terracotta statuette of a seated woman playing a kithera

Unknown

2nd–1st century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The figurine is mold-made and hollow. She sits with her legs nearly frontal but her head and torso turned toward the kithara, which is propped on the seat at her left side.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–1st century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Cypriot

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76