Limestone statuette of a boy holding an amphora - image 1

Hellenistic

Limestone statuette of a boy holding an amphora

Male figure holding vase in left hand. Overall: 21 x 8 x 4 in. (53.3 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm)

Date

330 - 30 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2771

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

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. CXXXIV.996, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1199, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 161, pp. 142-43, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.