Limestone funerary bust of a woman

Limestone funerary bust of a woman

Description:

The asymmetrical face shows a severe expression, the nose is pointed, and the small eyes have thick eyelids.


WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 8 1/2 × 5 × 7 1/2 in., 9 lb. (21.6 × 12.7 × 19.1 cm, 4.1 kg)

Period:

Bronze Age

Date:

3900 BC - 100 AD

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

“From a ruin near Dali”

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. CXLIV.1135, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1335, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 501, pp. 378-79, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2786