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Image Not Available for Grave stele of a seated woman with veil, earrings, and wrist bracelets holding a (coin?) pouch and a seated man with beard and headband of rosette flowers holding a (coin?) pouch, holding hands, each wearing a tunic and cloak
Grave stele of a seated woman with veil, earrings, and wrist bracelets holding a (coin?) pouch and a seated man with beard and headband of rosette flowers holding a (coin?) pouch, holding hands, each wearing a tunic and cloak
Image Not Available for Grave stele of a seated woman with veil, earrings, and wrist bracelets holding a (coin?) pouch and a seated man with beard and headband of rosette flowers holding a (coin?) pouch, holding hands, each wearing a tunic and cloak

Grave stele of a seated woman with veil, earrings, and wrist bracelets holding a (coin?) pouch and a seated man with beard and headband of rosette flowers holding a (coin?) pouch, holding hands, each wearing a tunic and cloak

Datelate 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Periodearly Hellenistic
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone with possible 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 numberSN5451
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DimensionsOverall
Height (max): 47 7/16 in. (120.5 cm)
Width (max, at bottom): 24 in. (61 cm)
Thickness (bottom): 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Sculpture top section
Width: 22 13/16 in. (58 cm)
Thickness: 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm)
Woman
Height (if standing): 39 3/8 in. (100 cm)
Height (seated): 37 3/16 in. (94.5 cm)
Woman’s face
Height: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
Width: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Woman’s right earring hangs down
Length: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Bracelet (on woman’s left arm)
Diameter: 2 1/16 in. (5.18 cm)
Width: 7/16 in. (1.09 cm width)
Man
Height (if standing): 39 3/8 in. (100 cm)
Height (seated): 37 3/16 in. (94.5 cm)
Man’s face
Height: 8 1/16 in. (20.4 cm)
Width: 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm)
Man’s diadem
Width: 1.0 in. (2.5 cm)
Chair
Height (with cushion): 14 15/16 in. (38 cm)
Width: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Finial (break)
Width (center): 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Width (at each corner): 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)

Medium Details

Color  (Munsell soil color chart)

Stone:  2.5Y 8.1 (white)

Paint:  10R 7/4 (pale red) (possible traces)

Inclusions

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3D Scans
Grave stele of a seated woman with veil wearing a tunic and cloak, holding a swaddled child with a pointed cap, and a reclining man with beard holding a bowl and (coin?) pouch and wearing a tunic, cloak, and headband with rosette flowers
Grave stele of a seated woman with veil wearing a tunic and cloak, holding a swaddled child with a pointed cap, and a reclining man with beard holding a bowl and (coin?) pouch and wearing a tunic, cloak, and headband with rosette flowers
late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Grave stele of a reclining man with full beard holding a bowl (phiale) and (coin?) pouch on a strap and wearing a tunic, cloak, and wreath of leaves and berries
Grave stele of a reclining man with full beard holding a bowl (phiale) and (coin?) pouch on a strap and wearing a tunic, cloak, and wreath of leaves and berries
second half of the 5th century BCE
Male statuette wearing short-sleeved tunic, shorts with rosette flowers, rosette flower headband, spiral earrings, and snake-headed spiral arm bracelets
Male statuette wearing short-sleeved tunic, shorts with rosette flowers, rosette flower headband, spiral earrings, and snake-headed spiral arm bracelets
first half of the 6th century BCE
Bichrome Red jug with “rivets,” painted date palm tree and flowers, and a figurine of a woman on the shoulder holding a jug and wearing a tunic, cloak, headband, earrings, and possible nose ring
Bichrome Red jug with “rivets,” painted date palm tree and flowers, and a figurine of a woman on the shoulder holding a jug and wearing a tunic, cloak, headband, earrings, and possible nose ring
650-475 BCE
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
400–375 BCE
Temple boy holding a bird and wearing a short-sleeved tunic, string of amulets with seal-rings, and wrist bracelets
Temple boy holding a bird and wearing a short-sleeved tunic, string of amulets with seal-rings, and wrist bracelets
mid-4th century BCE
Female statue holding flowers and wearing a tunic, cloak, beaded choker with amphora or seed pendant, necklace of ovoid beads, two-tiered pectoral necklace with amphora or seed pendants and central bull's head pendant, long pendant chain with four seal-rings, spiral wrist bracelet with animal-head terminals, and a smooth wrist bracelet
Female statue holding flowers and wearing a tunic, cloak, beaded choker with amphora or seed pendant, necklace of ovoid beads, two-tiered pectoral necklace with amphora or seed pendants and central bull's head pendant, long pendant chain with four seal-rings, spiral wrist bracelet with animal-head terminals, and a smooth wrist bracelet
late 6th century BCE
Image Not Available for Grave stele with a standing female figure holding a jug and a reclining man wearing a tunic and cloak inset within a floral frame below a crouching lion
Grave stele with a standing female figure holding a jug and a reclining man wearing a tunic and cloak inset within a floral frame below a crouching lion
5th century BCE
Figurine holding a bouquet of flowers and possibly a bird and wearing a short-sleeved tunic, cloak, necklace, and wrist bracelets
Figurine holding a bouquet of flowers and possibly a bird and wearing a short-sleeved tunic, cloak, necklace, and wrist bracelets
6th–early 5th century BCE
Image Not Available for Sculpture of man and woman holding hands, looking at each other
Sculpture of man and woman holding hands, looking at each other
mid 19th-early 20th Century
Right hand of a statuette holding a bouquet of narcissus flowers and wearing a wrist bracelet
Right hand of a statuette holding a bouquet of narcissus flowers and wearing a wrist bracelet
5th century BCE
Right hand of a statuette holding a bird and wearing a wrist bracelet
Right hand of a statuette holding a bird and wearing a wrist bracelet
5th–4th century BCE
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