Figurine of woman nursing a child
600–480 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsCyprus
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsOverall: 17.8 x 5.2 x 3 cm (7 x 2 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by subscription
Accession number72.158
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (from Cyprus); May 16, 1872: purchased by MFA from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola for
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and 72.4871-72.4900)
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and 72.4871-72.4900)
about 320–280 B.C.
about 330 B.C.
probably 2nd century A.D.
about 525 B.C.
about 520 B.C.
4th century B.C.
1st–2nd century A.D. (after a Greek type of the 2nd century B.C.)
probably A.D. 300–350
about 50 B.C.–A.D. 130
about 50 B.C.