Limestone hand holding a branch of leaves - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone hand holding a branch of leaves

The lifesize right hand holds against the wrist and forearm a long stem with smooth, spearlike leaves. Overall: 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (18.4 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm)

Date

510 - 490 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2732

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. XXVIII.118, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1159, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 281, p. 217, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.