Limestone statuette of a temple boy

Limestone statuette of a temple boy

Description:

Figure with chain of pendants holding a dove and a hare (?).


Overall: 10 x 9 3/4 x 3 in. (25.4 x 24.8 x 7.6 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

310 - 30 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From CyprusFrom Kourion, sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

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. CXXX.952, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1209, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Beer, Cecilia. 1994. Temple-Boys: A Study of Cypriote Votive Sculpture, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. 113. pp. 55-62, pl. 154a-d, Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 261, p. 206, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2758