Limestone bunch of narcissus, Classical Cypriot statue — Limestone bunch of narcissus, Classical Cypriot, c. 500–401 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.2781.Open Access by the MET

Classical

Limestone bunch of narcissus

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)

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Motif: Other plants and flowers
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Classical
Date: 500 - 401 BC
Place of production: Cyprus
Findspot: Golgoi

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Accession No.

74.51.2781

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.

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