Limestone hand holding a disk and pieces of fruit - image 1

Bronze Age

Limestone hand holding a disk and pieces of fruit

The small right hand holds a small disk and two apples. Overall: 4 x 2 1/4 x 2 in. (10.2 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm)

Date

3900 BC - 100 AD

Accession No.

74.51.2716

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. XXIX.173, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1169, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 296, p. 224, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.