Limestone statuette of a boy with a wreath of leaves

Limestone statuette of a boy with a wreath of leaves

Description:

Standing Figure holding dove and apple.


Overall: 26 1/2 x 11 x 6 in. (67.3 x 27.9 x 15.2 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

200 - 1 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. CXVI.842, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1194, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 165, p. 146, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2748