Cypriot Terracotta Statuette of a Female Votary

This lot from the Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, NC is accompanied by two documents demonstrating that the collection was acquired legally with the full knowledge of the Cypriot Government.

The first document, a one page official message dated January 1990 and signed by Cypriot President George Vassiliou, praises the North Carolina museum and endorses its cultural and historic mission.

The second document is a notarized affidavit signed by the museum's director. It declares that all of the museum's antiquities were acquired legally with the full knowledge of the Cypriot Government and that there were documented visits to the museum by Cypriot dignitaries.

Cypriot Terracotta Statuette of a Female Votary, circa 5th century B.C., molded terracotta with remants of red paint decoration, the voltaress holding a bird in her right hand; she wears a high diadem and necklace. Presented on a black base retaining a Sotheby's auction sticker, sale unknown.

14.25 in.; on stand 15.5 in.

A Single-Owner Collection of Cypriot History & Culture from The Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina

Intact; some encrustation.