Limestone statuette of a boy as a votary

Limestone statuette of a boy as a votary

Description:

Figure holding a dove on an incense box.


Webpub GR 2012 Cesnola: 30 1/2 × 12 × 8 in., 95 lb. (77.5 × 30.5 × 20.3 cm, 43.1 kg)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

300 - 1 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. CXXXVII.1028, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1202, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 162, p. 144, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2774