Limestone statuette of a seated female votary - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a seated female votary

Seated female figure wearing veil and heavy necklace. Overall: H.:10 x W.:5 3/4 x D.:3 3/4 in. (25.4 x 14.6 x 9.5 cm)

Date

520 - 501 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2514

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. XXXVIII.249, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1132, p. 180, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Reinach, Salomon. 1924. "Deux mille trois cent quatre-vingt statues." Répertoire de la Statuaire Grecque et Romaine, Vol. 5, pt. 2, 2nd edn. p.112, n.6, Paris: E. Leroux.Myres, John L. 1940-1945. "Excavations in Cyprus, 1913." Annual of the British School at Athens, 41: p. 33.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 195, p. 164, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.