Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves

Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves

Description:

Male figure with crown of leaves, holding bird and incense box.


Overall: 29 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (75.6 x 19.7 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

599 - 400 BC

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. LXVII.451, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1068, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 110, pp. 44, 111, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2624