Limestone plaque with two eyes - image 1

Classical

Limestone plaque with two eyes

Two eyes are hollowed into the thickness of the plaque; the eyebrows and the bridge of the nose are schematically rendered. There are traces of red paint. Overall: 2 15/16 x 4 13/16 x 3/4 in. (7.49 x 12.19 x 1.9 cm)

Date

480 - 310 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5167

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

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. CXXIX.926, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1687, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1997. "Les ex-voto trouves par L. Palma di Cesnola a Golgoi en 1870." Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes no. (c), p. 26, pl. XIII.7.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 405, p. 290, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.