Limestone head of a beardless male with a wreath of flower buds - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone head of a beardless male with a wreath of flower buds

Male head with wreath of leaves. Overall: 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (29.2 x 19.7 x 19.1 cm)

Date

500 - 490 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2833

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. LXXV.484, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1297, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine. 1985. "Un nouveau chapiteau hathorique trouvé à Amathonte." Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 109(2): p. 695 n. 149.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 105, p. 108, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.