Limestone statuette of a boy holding a dove - image 1

Classical

Limestone statuette of a boy holding a dove

Figure holding bird. Overall: 18 7/8 x 6 5/8 x 4 5/16 in. (47.9 x 16.8 x 11 cm)

Date

450 - 401 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2723

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. CXIV.814, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1073, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 146, p. 133, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.