Limestone hand holding a bird - image 1

Hellenistic

Limestone hand holding a bird

The lifesize left hand, the fingers of which are very thin, holds a small duck. There is a ring on the ring finger. Overall: 4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (10.2 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm)

Date

300 - 1 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2721

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.139, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1165, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 288, p. 221, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.