Fragment of an male limestone votary with an Egyptianizing kilt, Archaic II Cypriot statue

Archaic II

Fragment of an male limestone votary with an Egyptianizing kilt

Fragment of large statue, showing a zone of fantastic animals. Overall: 7 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 7 in. (19.7 x 31.8 x 17.8 cm)

Date

600 - 550 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2676

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. XXVII.80, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1370, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Faegersten, Fanni. 2003. The Egyptianizing Male Limestone Statuary from Cyprus: a study of a cross-cultural eastern Mediterranean votive type. no. 33, p. 348, pls. 8.4, 30, Lund, Sweden: The Historical Museum at Lund University.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 43, pp. 59, 62, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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