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Reproduction of a bronze votive statuette of a man

Emile Gilliéron 

Period:
Late Minoan I
Date:
ca. 1600-1450 B.C.
Culture:
Minoan
Medium:
bronze
Dimensions:
H.: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number:
21.191
  • Description

    Bought in the village of Tylissos, Crete in 1911 and said to be from a Minoan villa there.

    The original is in the Herakleion Archaeological Museum, Crete.

  • References

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1922. "Cretan Reproductions." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 17(3): p. 61.

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