Hellenistic
Seated boy
The figurine is mold-made and hollow. The back is handmade and flattened. The boy sits on drapery spread over the base. H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Date
299 - 100 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1602
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. XLIV.350, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 250, p. 23, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2308, p. 362, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 390, pp. 231-32, 265, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.