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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Statuette of a Woman with Bird Face
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Statuette of a Woman with Bird Face

AAT Object Form/FunctionFigurines
Place CreatedCyprus, Europe
CultureCypriot
PeriodLate Cypriot II
Dateca. 1400-1300 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
Dimensions7 9/16 x 2 1/4 in. (19.2 x 5.7 cm)
Object number1986.009.005
Exhibition HistoryOdyssey of an Art Collector: Unity in Diversity, 5000 Years of Art, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 11, 1966 - January 8, 1967
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 19, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesOdyssey of an Art Collector: Unity in Diversity, 5000 Years of Art (New Orleans: Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, 1966), 140, number 7.
ProvenanceEx coll. Elizabeth (1928-2018) and Frederick (1905-1992) Stafford, New York and Paris, by 1966. Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Safani Gallery, New York, New York.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art