Limestone naiskos with female figures holding their breasts, Classical Cypriot statue

Classical

Limestone naiskos with female figures holding their breasts

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)

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Motif: Human figure
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Classical
Date: 500 - 401 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Golgoi

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Accession No.

74.51.2692

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.

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