
Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of leaves
Description: | The rounded head, with fine straight locks, is circled by a wreath consisting of two rows of laurel leaves. H. 9 1/2 x 3 1/16 x 7 1/4 in. (24.1 x 7.8 x 18.4 cm) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 450 - 426 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. LXXV.486, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1313, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 120, pp. 116-17, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2824 |