Limestone Youth with Kid

Limestone Youth with Kid

Description:

Limestone statuette of part of a youth carrying a kid.


Draped youth standing, holding a kid (?) before him in both arms. He wears a round wig parted in front and falling in a heavy mass on each shoulder, and a chiton with girdle and overfold which falls in a flap on each side. The back is flattened. The feet are missing. The features are abraded; the head is thrust forward.


Dimensions: Height: 13.40 centimetres


Object Type: statuette


Condition: Feet missing, features abraded.

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 500 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Deposit D&E (Kamiros)

Accession Number:

1864,1007.310