Limestone statuette of a female votary

Limestone statuette of a female votary

Description:

The elongated flat body wears a long, pleatless garment. There are red bands painted on the chest and on the sides.


Overall: 15 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (40 x 11.1 x 5.7 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

550 - 501 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Golgoi-Ayios Photios, “West of the temple”

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. XXVI.66, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1007, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 190, p. 162, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2521