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Left hand of a statue holding a bird and wearing a cloak
Left hand of a statue holding a bird and wearing a cloak

Left hand of a statue holding a bird and wearing a cloak

Date5th century BCE
Periodearly Classical
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone
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), April 21, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1844
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DimensionsOverall
Height: 13 11/16 in. (34.75 cm)
Width (back side at the center, part broken at body): 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Width (at the hand): 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Thickness (at the hand): 6 13/16 in. (17.25 cm)
Pigeon (lower edge)
Width: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Thickness: 1.0 in. (2.5 cm)
Bird
Height: 12 13/16 in. (32.5 cm)
Width: 2 15/16 in. (7.42 cm)
Thickness: 6.0 in. (15.18 cm)
Hand
Length: 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)

Medium Details

Color

Stone (hand and pigeon):  2.5Y 8/1 (white)

Inclusions

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