Bronze Age
Limestone hand holding a pomegranate
The small right hand holds a pomegranate painted red. Overall: 3 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (8.9 x 4.8 x 7.3 cm)
Date
3900 BC - 100 AD
Accession No.
74.51.2714
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. XXIX.171, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1170, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 297, p. 225, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.