Hellenistic
Limestone plaque with breasts and a bunch of grapes in relief
Two breasts and uncertain object. Overall: 18 x 16 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (45.7 x 42.5 x 10.8 cm)
Date
350 - 250 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2854
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. CXXI.910, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1227, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1997. "Les ex-voto trouves par L. Palma di Cesnola a Golgoi en 1870." Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes no. (n), p. 27, pl. VIII.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 397, pp. 286-87, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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