Limestone statue of a woman - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statue of a woman

The figure is particularly noteworthy for her jewelry: two necklaces and ear caps from which hang two pendants. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 30 × 4 × 7 1/2 in., 20.5 lb. (76.2 × 10.2 × 19.1 cm, 9.3 kg)

Date

599 - 550 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2541

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. X.12, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1263, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 184, pp. 118-9, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 2005. Kypris: the Aphrodite of Cyprus: Ancient Sources and Archaeological Evidence. pp. 165-66, fig. 164, Nicosia, Cyprus: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 187, pp. 160-61, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.