Limestone statuette of a female votary of the kore type

Limestone statuette of a female votary of the kore type

Description:

The lower part of the legs is missing. The quite rudimentary statuette wears a chiton and a himation.


Overall: H.:5 7/8 x W.:2 7/8 x D.:1 1/4 in. (14.9 x 7.3 x 3.2 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

575 - 501 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. XX.41, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1011, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 193, p. 163, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2546