Classical
Stone votive breast
On a small plinth painted red is a large, rounded breast, the nipple of which is discreetly indicated. Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 8.9 cm)
Date
399 - 299 BC
Accession No.
74.51.5176
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. CXXIX.925, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1676, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1997. "Les ex-voto trouves par L. Palma di Cesnola a Golgoi en 1870." Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes no. (b), p. 26, pl. VI.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 398, pp. 286-87, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.