Limestone statuette of a “hunter” in Egyptianizing dress

Limestone statuette of a “hunter” in Egyptianizing dress

Description:

Archer with quiver and bow (?) on left shoulder.


Overall: H.:4 1/2 x W.:3 x D.:2 3/8 in. (11.4 x 7.6 x 6 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

575 - 540 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. LVII.375, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Faegersten, Fanni. 2003. The Egyptianizing Male Limestone Statuary from Cyprus: a study of a cross-cultural eastern Mediterranean votive type. no. 37, p. 348, pl. 30, Lund, Sweden: The Historical Museum at Lund University.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 53, pp. 68-9, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2589