Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves

Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves

Description:

Male figure holding a bird.


H. 28 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 6 in. (71.8 x 19.1 x 15.2 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

460 - 425 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. CXIV.813, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1072, p. 164, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 117, pp. 44, 115, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2674