Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves

Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves

Description:

Male figure wearing wreath.


Overall: 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (15.9 x 8.9 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

450 - 401 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. CXI.750, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1338, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 122, p. 118, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2644