Hellenistic

Stone votive relief of an ear with earring

The lower part of the small plaque comes to a point. On the red surface appears a right ear wearing a rosette-shaped earring with a pendant. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 3 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 7/8 in., 0.5 lb. (9 × 7.9 × 2.3 cm, 0.2 kg)

Date

399 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5172

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From the Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios, Cyprus Between 1870-1873, found in Golgoi; until 1874, collection of Luigi Palma di Cesnola; acquired in 1874, purchased from L.P. di Cesnola.

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. CXXIX.931, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1682, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1997. "Les ex-voto trouves par L. Palma di Cesnola a Golgoi en 1870." Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes no. (h), p. 26, pl. VII.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 394, p. 285, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Bombardieri, Luca and Elisa Panero. 2021. Cyprus : Crossroads of Civilization : Guide to the exhibition p. 56, London: DeArtcom.

Stone votive relief of an ear with earring

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