Limestone statuette of Pan

Limestone statuette of Pan

Description:

The nebris, knotted on the chest, covers the shoulders. There are goat ears and small horns on the top of the head. A wide mass of hair spreads out above the shoulders.


Overall: 9 × 3 × 1 1/2 in. (22.9 × 7.6 × 3.8 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

310 - 30 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. CXIX.859, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1118, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 335, p. 249, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2734