
Archaic II
Limestone statue fragment of a left hand holding a kid
The lifesize left hand holds, by the forelegs, a goat with small horns and a small, clearly articulated beard. Overall: 7 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (18.4 x 7 x 8.3 cm)
Date
500 - 450 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2727
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. XXIX.180, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1162, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 282, p. 218, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.