Limestone votive statuette of a cow and calf

Limestone votive statuette of a cow and calf

Description:

The cow is of a piece with the base, from which the suckling calf emerges in relief. This votive statue is similiar in style and subject to 74.51.2595.


H.: 7 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 3 in. (19.7 x 23.5 x 7.6 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

599 - 323 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References:

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. pl. VII, 17 (224), St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. XCVIII.669, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1146, p. 182, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 370, p. 274, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2663