Statuette of Pan
Datelate 4th–3rd century BCE
Periodearly Hellenistic
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone with red paint
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), March 30, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1822
On View
Not on viewHeight: 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)
Width: 6 3/8 in. (16.25 cm)
Thickness (max, at hand holding pipes): 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Base
Width: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Thickness: 2 1/4 in. (5.75 cm)
Break at neck
Width: 3 13/16 in. (9.75 cm)
Thickness: 1 7/8 in. (4.75 cm)
Mount pole
Length: 7/8 in. (2.25 cm)
Diameter: 3/8 in. (0.89 cm)
Pipes
Height: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Width: 1 11/16 in. (4.35 cm)
Thickness: 15/16 in. (2.46 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Stone: 10 YR 8/2 (very pale brown)
Paint: 10R 5/6 (red)
Inclusions
n/a
late 4th–3rd century BCE
end of the 4th-1st century BCE
5th century BCE
late 5th Century–before 310 BCE
late 7th–early 6th century BCE
