Relief depicting a seated figure, probably Dionysos
Description: | The relief is mold-made and solid. It is ovoid in shape, with a flattened bottom, and shows a nude male figure seated on a sloping rocky seat. 2 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. (7.5 x 6.0 cm) |
Period: | Hellenistic |
Date: | 199 - 99 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion |
References: | Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. XLVII.371, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 44, p. 5, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2347, p. 362, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 404, p. 238, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1733 |