Fragment of a limestone crown belonging to a statue of the Great Goddess, Classical Cypriot — Fragment of a limestone crown belonging to a statue of the Great Goddess, Classical Cypriot, c. 350–301 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.2640.Open Access by the MET

Classical

Fragment of a limestone crown belonging to a statue of the Great Goddess

Fragment of large statue, high head-dress with mural crown. 8 × 7 1/2 × 1 7/8 in., 2.5oz. (20.3 × 19.1 × 4.8 cm, 0.1 kg)

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: Hellenistic and RomanHellenistic
Date: 350 - 301 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus

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Accession No.

74.51.2640

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

“From Leucolla”

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. XXVII.102, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1375, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 358, pp. 264-65, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Bombardieri, Luca and Elisa Panero. 2021. Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations : exhibition catalog no. 136, p. 309, London: DeArtcom.

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