Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a diadem

Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a diadem

Description:

Male figure with chiton and himation, holding a bird.


Overall: 14 3/4 x 7 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (37.5 x 19.4 x 8.9 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 - 400 BC

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. LXVII.444, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1075, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Miho Museum and Mr. Hajime Inagaki. 2007. Archaic Smile. no. 15, p. 76, Tokyo: Miho Museum.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 104, pp. 106-7, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2618