Limestone statuette of a temple boy - image 1

Classical

Limestone statuette of a temple boy

Seated figure with earrings and bracelets, right-hand resting on a wreath (?). Overall: 5 7/16 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (13.8 x 11.4 x 6 cm)

Date

499 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2761

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusFrom Kourion, sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

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. CXXX.943, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1210, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Beer, Cecilia. 1994. Temple-Boys: A Study of Cypriote Votive Sculpture, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. 113. pp. 55-62, pl. 85, Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 262, pp. 206-7, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.