Limestone statuette of a reclining banqueter

Limestone statuette of a reclining banqueter

Description:

Bearded, reclining figure.


Overall: 3 1/2 x 5 13/16 x 1 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14.8 x 3.8 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

550 - 500 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. LXXVII.491, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1145, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Stylianou, Andreas and Patrick Schollmeyer. 2007. "Der Sarkophag aus Golgoi." Dynastensarkophage mit szenischen Reliefs aus Byblos und Zypern: Der Sarkophag aus Amathous als Beispiel kontaktinduzierten Wandels, 2. pp. 206 n. 87, 207 n. 91, pl. 52d, Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 245, p. 195, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2539