Standing boy with a goose - image 1

Hellenistic

Standing boy with a goose

The figurine is mold-made and solid. The back is handmade and flattened. The boy holds a small goose. He cups the bird's beak in his right hand, as if feeding it. H. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)

Date

299 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1748

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. XLVI.365, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2304, 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. 385, pp. 229, 265, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.