Hellenistic
Limestone statuette of Artemis (?) holding two torches
Figure with torches in both hands. Overall: 20 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. (53 x 23.5 x 11.1 cm)
Date
330 - 1 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2743
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- “From the ruins of Golgoi”
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. CXVI.841, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1244, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 360, p. 266, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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