Seated limestone kourotrophos

Seated limestone kourotrophos

Description:

Seated "nursing mother" on a high-backed throne.


Overall:H.: 9 x W.:5 1/4 x D.:1 5/8 in. (22.9 x 13.3 x 4.1 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

450 - 401 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. LVII.396, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1131, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 219, p. 179, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2520