Limestone statuette of a female votary holding a flower

Limestone statuette of a female votary holding a flower

Description:

Female figure with elaborate necklaces, holding a flower.


Overall: 19 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (50.2 x 14.6 x 6 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

420 - 380 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

“From the ruins of Idalium”

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. LXVII.440, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1084, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 202, pp. 168-69, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2643