Limestone arm with pieces of fruit (?) held in the hand

Limestone arm with pieces of fruit (?) held in the hand

Description:

The small left arm holds a small dish filled with fruit.


Overall: 1 x 15/16 x 2 15/16 in. (2.5 x 2.4 x 7.5 cm)

Period:

Bronze Age

Date:

3900 BC - 100 AD

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. XXIX.1172, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1172, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 299, p. 225, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2718