Limestone statue fragment of a right hand holding a phiale (libation bowl)

Limestone statue fragment of a right hand holding a phiale (libation bowl)

Description:

A large right hand, the nails of which are well articulated, holds a fluted phiale decorated with lotus flowers.


L. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm); D. of phiale 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

525 - 400 BC

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. XXVIII.107, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1156, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 286, p. 219, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2699