Hellenistic
Limestone statuette of a boy with a chain of amulets
Figure holding chain of beads and amulets over left shoulder. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 27 × 8 1/2 × 4 1/4 in., 32.5 lb. (68.6 × 21.6 × 10.8 cm, 14.7 kg)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Date
- 330 - 200 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Accession No.
74.51.2749
Collection
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. CXXXVII.1026, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1191, 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, 85, Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 157, pp. 140-41, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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