
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 |