Limestone statue of a wreathed boy holding a ball or piece of fruit

Limestone statue of a wreathed boy holding a ball or piece of fruit

Description:

Standing figure holding a round object, probably a ball or a piece of fruit. The right hand grasps the edge of the garment.


WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 40 1/4 × 13 × 11 1/2 in., 206 lb. (102.2 × 33 × 29.2 cm, 93.4 kg)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

299 BC - 99 AD

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. CXXXV.998, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1349, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Connelly, Joan. 1988. Votive Sculpture of Hellenistic Cyprus. pp. 3, 12, fig. 6, Nicosia, Cyprus: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 167, p. 147, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2481