Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary holding a bird

Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary holding a bird

Description:

Male figure standing, holding a bird.


Overall: 17 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 2 3/16 in. (44.8 x 15.9 x 5.6 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

400 - 301 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. CXIV.809, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1178, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 128, pp. 44, 122, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2668