Limestone statue fragment of a left hand holding a bunch of daisies

Limestone statue fragment of a left hand holding a bunch of daisies

Description:

The small left hand holds a bunch of narcissus.


Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (6.7 x 7 x 4.4 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

500 - 450 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. XXIX.162, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1167, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 284, pp. 218-19, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2717