Silenos
Description: | The figurine is mold-made. There appears to have been no back, since the edges of the front are rounded. H. 3 in. (7.6 cm) |
Period: | Hellenistic |
Date: | 299 - 200 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From CyprusSaid to be from the Salt Lake near Larnaca, Cyprus |
References: | Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. XLV.358, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2324, p. 362, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 357, pp. 213, 263, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1704 |