Classical
Limestone statuette of a temple boy
Seated figure with chain of pendants over left shoulder and bracelets. Overall: 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (26 x 21.6 x 11.1 cm)
Date
399 - 300 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2767
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus“Found in the ruins of a temple at Curium”
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. CXXXII.982, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1217, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Beer, Cecilia. 1994. Temple-Boys: A Study of Cypriote Votive Sculpture, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. 113. pp. 55-62, pl. 165a-c, Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 257, p. 204, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Platt, Verity. 2018. "Clever Devices and Cognitive Artifacts : Votive Giving in the Ancient World." Agents of Faith : Votive Objects in Time and Place, Ittai Weinryb, ed. pp. 148, 150, fig. 6.9, New York: Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture.
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