Classical
Limestone statuette of a temple boy
The boy, entirely draped in a pleated chiton, holds a duck with both hands. Overall: 12 x 10 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (30.5 x 26 x 8.6 cm)
Date
399 - 300 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2750
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. CXXXI.963, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1206, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Sjöqvist, Erik. 1955. "A Cypriote Temple Attendant." American Journal of Archaeology, 59(1): no. 6, p. 47.Beer, Cecilia. 1994. Temple-Boys: A Study of Cypriote Votive Sculpture, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. 113. pp. 55-62, pls. 112, 113a-b, Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 267, p. 209, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.