Limestone statue of a youth holding a pyxis
Unknown
3rd–1st century BCE · Limestone · Greek and Roman Art
The boy wears a chiton under a himation that is draped over the left shoulder and covers the lower part of the body from the hips down as well as the left forearm from which a panel of fabric falls to the calf. At the level of the hip, the left hand holds a circular box (pyxis), while the right hand lifts the cover.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 3rd–1st century BCE
- Medium
- Limestone
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
