Limestone naiskos with female figures holding their breasts

Limestone naiskos with female figures holding their breasts

Description:

On two sides, five apparently nude women are shown holding their breasts.


Overall: 2 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (6.7 x 3.5 x 3.8 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

500 - 401 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. XXIX.200, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1135, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 1977. La grande déesse de Chypre et son culte à travers l'iconographie de l'époque néolithique au VIème s.a.C.. p. 209, Lyon: Maison de l'Orient.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 417, pp. 296-97, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2692