Classical
Limestone statuette of a temple boy
Seated figure with elaborate necklace, holding a bird. Overall: 11 3/4 x 7 x 4 7/8 in. (29.8 x 17.8 x 12.4 cm)
Date
399 - 300 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2763
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.973, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1218, 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. 72a-d, Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 259, p. 205, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.