Temple boy

Temple boy

Description:

Temple boy The head with the overly extended back of the head belongs to a genre of votive statuettes characteristic of Cyprus, which are referred to as temple boys and in large numbers from the 5th to the 2nd century BC.Were consecrated in the sanctuaries.The statuettes, mainly made of limestone, but also from clay, show boys that are crouched on the floor, mostly dressed, but with exposed genital, animals or toys holding in the hands, which are interpreted as representations of the victims.They are certainly related to a cult of fertility.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999


H. 9,5 cm

Period:

Classical

Date:

450 - 400 BC

Collection:

Vienna Museum

Provenance:

Millosicz, Georg von, Vienna;1890 purchase from the estate

Accession Number:

Antikensammlung, I 630