Limestone head of a bearded male with a plain headdress

Limestone head of a bearded male with a plain headdress

Description:

Bearded head in plain headdress.


Overall: 11 1/4 x 9 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (28.6 x 24.8 x 22.2 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

575 - 551 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

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. XXIII.56, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1271, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 52, pp.59, 68, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2874