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 |