Limestone statuette of Pan - image 1

Hellenistic

Limestone statuette of Pan

The nebris, knotted on the chest, covers the shoulders and falls to the back. There are goat ears and small, badly rendered horns on the top of the head. 12 x 2 x 3 1/2 in. (30.5 x 5.1 x 8.9 cm)

Date

300 - 1 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2737

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. CXIX.865, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1116, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 334, p. 249, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.