Upper part of a limestone female votary holding a vase

Upper part of a limestone female votary holding a vase

Description:

The body above the abdomen remains. The right arm is held to the side of the body. The left arm is bent and the hand holds a small vase.


Overall: 6 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/16 in. (15.2 x 11.4 x 5.2 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

575 - 525 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. XXXIV.216, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1012, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 188, p. 161, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2545