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Temple boy holding breads and wearing a short-sleeved tunic, earrings, necklace with pendant and seal-ring, and wrist bracelets
Temple boy holding breads and wearing a short-sleeved tunic, earrings, necklace with pendant and seal-ring, and wrist bracelets

Temple boy holding breads and wearing a short-sleeved tunic, earrings, necklace with pendant and seal-ring, and wrist bracelets

Date400–375 BCE
Periodlate Classical
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 numberSN28.1806
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Not on view
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DimensionsOverall
Height: 12 3/16 in. (31 cm)
Width (max, at base): 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)
Base
Thickness: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Head
Thickness: 3 5/16 in. (8.47 cm)
Mounting pole
Length: 1 11/16 in. (4.25 cm)
Diameter: 1/4 in. (0.69 cm)
Face
Height: 3 7/16 in. (8.71 cm)
Width (at cheeks): 2 7/8 in. (7.36 cm)
Width (at ears): 3 5/8 in. (9.28 cm)
Earring (on left ear)
Length: 11/16 in. (1.75 cm)
Width: 9/16 in. (1.41 cm)
Thickness: 3/8 in. (0.94 cm)
Bracelet (on left arm)
Diameter: 15/16 in. (2.28 to 2.42 cm)
Circlet (on left arm)
Width: 3/16 in. (0.52 cm)
Bracelet (on right arm)
Diameter: 7/8 in. (2.24 cm)
Circlet (on right arm)
Width: 3/16 in. (0.46 cm)
Curved crossed bread (in left hand)
Length: 2.0 in. (5.09 cm)
Width: 1 7/16 in. (3.73 cm)
Thickness: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
Wider flat bread (in right hand)
Height: 5/8 in. (1.57 cm)
Width: 1 13/16 in. (4.65 cm)
Length: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Long wide amulet (partly broken)
Width: 1 1/2 in. (3.86 cm)
Diameter: 1/2 in. (1.29 cm)
Ring
Length (bezel): 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
Width (bezel): 3/8 in. (0.94 cm)
Diameter (exterior): 11/16 in. (1.73 cm)
Diameter (interior): 1/2 in. (1.25 cm)

Medium Details

Color

Stone:  2.5 Y 8/1 (white)

Paint:  10R 5/6 (red)

Inclusions

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