Limestone statuette of a temple boy

Limestone statuette of a temple boy

Description:

Figure with chain of pendants over left shoulder, holding a dove.


Overall: 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (32.4 x 22.2 x 15.6 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

399 - 200 BC

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.960, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1208, 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, pls. 155b, 156c-d, Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 271, p. 210, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2755