Limestone upper body of a woman

Limestone upper body of a woman

Description:

Female figure with elaborate headdress, earrings and necklace.


WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 8 1/8 × 5 5/8 × 1 3/4 in., 3 lb. (20.6 × 14.3 × 4.4 cm, 1.4 kg)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

550 - 500 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

“Found in the ruins of Idalium”

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.437, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1082, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 200, p. 167, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2642