Limestone statuette of a boy holding a bird

Limestone statuette of a boy holding a bird

Description:

Standing figure holding dove and incense box.


H.: 28 x 9 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (71.1 x 24.8 x 13 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

400 - 301 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From CyprusFrom Kourion, sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

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. CXVI.845, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1196, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 150, p. 135, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2702