Archaic II
Fragment of a limestone group of wrestlers
The figure, whose short torso is painted red, leans forward, with his weight on his advanced left leg. Overall: 7 x 3 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (17.8 x 9.8 x 8.3 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Decoration
- Painted
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 600 - 501 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Accession No.
74.51.2565
Collection
Provenance
- From 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. LVII.364, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1032, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 276, p. 214, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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