
Hellenistic
Limestone hand holding a pyxis and a branch of leaves
Holding incense box and ear of corn. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 8 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 5 1/2 in., 2.5 lb. (21.6 × 6.4 × 14 cm, 1.1 kg)
Date
300 - 1 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2706
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. XXVIII.112, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1160, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 291, p. 222, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.