Limestone statue of a female lyre player - image 1

Bronze Age

Limestone statue of a female lyre player

This work is distinguished by its size and the quality of execution. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 34 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 7 3/8 in., 111 lb. (88.3 × 34.9 × 18.7 cm, 50.3 kg)

Date

3900 BC - 100 AD

Accession No.

74.51.2480

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. CII.676, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1238, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 234, p. 188, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.