Bronze Age
Limestone funerary bust of a woman
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)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Date
- 3900 BC - 100 AD
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Idalion
Collection
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.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2786, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1335
- Hermary 2013, no. 501
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