Limestone statuette of a boy holding a dove - image 1

Classical

Limestone statuette of a boy holding a dove

Male figure in crinkled tunic holding bird. Overall: 17 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (45.1 x 16.5 x 8.3 cm)

Date

450 - 401 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2686

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. CXIV.807, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1180, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 145, pp. 132-33, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.