Limestone bunch of narcissus

Limestone bunch of narcissus

Description:

The bunch of narcissus belongs to a quite large statue.


Overall: 3 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (9.5 x 8.6 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. XXXIX.166, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1168, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 285, p. 219, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2781