Crouching Temple Boy Statue

Crouching Temple Boy Statue

Description:

Limestone statue of a crouching child wearing amuletic jewellery and holding an offering, possibly a rabbit ('Temple Boy'). The lower part of the left arm is brokwn away from just below the edge of short-sleeved tunic.


Dimensions: Height: 41.50 centimetres


Object Type: statue


Techniques: carved

Period:

Classical

Date:

510 - 410 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Apollo (Idalion)

Accession Number:

1872,0816.20