Archaic II
Limestone statue of a male votary holding a bird in the left hand
The feet and the right hand are missing. The left leg is advanced and both arms are lowered with hands extended. The left hand holds a bird and a small pyxis, the right, a branch attached to the arm. The body is covered by a chiton with long, U-shaped folds and a pleated surface. A long garment with U-shaped folds is draped over the shoulders and chest. The neck is thick. The face has a smiling expression, the tip of the nose is broken. The almond-shaped eyes are surmounted by high-set eyebrows. Over the forehead, ears, and nape of the neck is a roll of rectangular locks. A wreath of vertical leaves is set on the rounded head, with locks summarily indicated. The forms of the body are roughed out on the back. Overall: 25 x 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (63.5 x 24.1 x 17.1 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Motif
- Bird
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 500 - 450 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- Said to be from Cyprus
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. LXVII.452, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1069, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 111, pp. 44, 112, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2647, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1069
- Hermary 2013, no. 111
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