Limestone statue fragment of a left hand holding a kid - image 1

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.