Limestone statuette of a temple boy, Classical Cypriot — Limestone statuette of a temple boy, Classical Cypriot, c. 399–300 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.2759.Open Access by the MET

Classical

Limestone statuette of a temple boy

Seated figure with elaborate necklace holding a cock. Overall: 11 x 7 x 4 3/4 in. (27.9 x 17.8 x 12.1 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Motif: Bird
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Classical
Date: 399 - 300 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Kourion

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Accession No.

74.51.2759

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus“Found in the ruins of a temple at Curium”

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. CXXXI.975, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1220, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Beer, Cecilia. 1994. Temple-Boys: A Study of Cypriote Votive Sculpture, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. 113. pp. 55-62, pl. 158a-c, Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 253, p. 202, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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