Limestone head of a beardless male with a fillet

Limestone head of a beardless male with a fillet

Description:

Wearing close-fitting wig or cap.


Overall: 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 x 4 5/16 in. (31.1 x 19.7 x 11 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 551 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1269, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine. 2009. "Ionian styles in Cypriote sculpture of the sixth century BC." Cyprus and the East Aegean: Intercultural Contacts from 3000 to 500 BC. An International Archaeological Symposium held at Pythagoreion, Samos, October 17th - 18th 2008, Prof. Vassos Karageorghis and Ourania Kouka, eds. p. 245, Nicosia: A.G. Leventis Foundation.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 64, pp 76-7, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2872