Limestone statuette of a male votary with Cypriot shorts and a diadem - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a male votary with Cypriot shorts and a diadem

Male figure wearing Cypriot loin-cloth with rosette. H.: 18 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 4 in. (47 cm, 7 3/4 in., 10.2 cm)

Date

600 - 550 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2584

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. XXV.63, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1040, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine. 2000. Amathonte: Les figurines en terre cuite, archaïques et classiques, les sculptures en pierre, Vol. 5. p. 129 n. 34, Paris: Editions Recherché sur les Civilisations.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 28, p. 51, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.