Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves

Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves

Description:

Young votary holding a spray of leaves.


Overall: 18 7/8 x 5 x 1 3/4 in. (47.9 x 12.7 x 4.4 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

420 - 380 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. CXIV.806, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1181, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 124, p. 119, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2679