Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a fillet - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a fillet

Male figure with chiton and himation holding a bird. Overall: 24 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (62.2 x 19.1 x 11.4 cm)

Date

575 - 550 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2602

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References

  • Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 91, p. 26, pl. IV.7, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. LXVII.445, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1076, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 109, p. 110, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.