Limestone head of a female with a plain headdress - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone head of a female with a plain headdress

The head, to the base of the neck, remains. There is a wide choker around the neck. The face has a smiling expression. Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (7.3 x 5.4 x 5.7 cm)

Date

550 - 501 BC

Accession No.

41.160.415

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • “Found in the ruins of Idalium”

References

  • Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. LXI.419, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 191, p. 162, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.