Classical
Limestone statuette of a temple boy
Seated figure with incense box. Overall: 13 x 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (33 x 22.2 x 13.3 cm)
Date
399 - 300 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2752
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus“Found in the ruins of a temple at Curium”
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. CXXX.957, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1207, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Beer, Cecilia. 1994. Temple-Boys: A Study of Cypriote Votive Sculpture, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. 113. pp. 55-62, pls. 172, 173a-c, Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 270, p.210, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.