
Archaic II
Limestone male banqueter
Votary with hair in fillet. Overall:H.: 4 1/4 x W.: 5 3/8 x D.:1 5/8 in. (10.8 x 13.7 x 4.1 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
- Date
- 520 - 480 BC
Collection
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. LXXVII.490, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1144, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 246, p. 195, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2506, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1144
- Hermary 2013, no. 246
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