Limestone statuette of a male votary with Cypriot shorts and a diadem

Limestone statuette of a male votary with Cypriot shorts and a diadem

Description:

The front part of the triangular shorts, divided by a vertical line, is decorated with three circles. The short-sleeved tunic bears an indistinct incised design.


Overall: 27 x 9 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (68.6 x 23.2 x 12.1 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 550 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References:

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 68, p. 22, pl. III.6, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. XLVIII.285, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1043, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine. 2000. Amathonte: Les figurines en terre cuite, archaïques et classiques, les sculptures en pierre, Vol. 5. p. 129 n. 34, Paris: Editions Recherché sur les Civilisations.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 27, pp. 50, 58, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Höckmann, Ursula. 2017. "Kunsthandwerkliche Motive unterschiedlicher Provenienz in der zyprisch-griechischen Kleinplastik der 1. Hälfte des 6. Jhs. v. Chr.." Istanbuler Mitteilungen, 67: p. 33.

Accession Number:

74.51.2549