Limestone statue fragment of a right hand with a bracelet, holding a flower

Limestone statue fragment of a right hand with a bracelet, holding a flower

Description:

The right hand holds a flower with five petals; a bracelet circles the wrist. The nails are carefully articulated.


Overall: 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (6.4 x 8.3 x 16.5 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

399 - 200 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. XXVIII.115, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1679, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 393, p. 284, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5180