Classical
Seated limestone kourotrophos
Statue of "nursing mother" seated on a high-backed throne. Overall:H.: 5 x W.:4 1/8 x D.:3 in. (12.7 x 10.5 x 7.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 450 - 401 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Accession No.
74.51.2512
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. LVII.398, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1130, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 218, p. 178, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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