Limestone statuette of a boy - image 1

Hellenistic

Limestone statuette of a boy

Male figure standing, holding offering. Overall: 14 3/4 x 4 7/8 x 3 in. (37.5 x 12.4 x 7.6 cm)

Date

330 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2696

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Kourion, sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

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. CXX.871, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1177, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 153, p. 138, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.