Limestone head of a bearded male with a wreath of leaves

Limestone head of a bearded male with a wreath of leaves

Description:

Bearded head with wreath of leaves.


13 x 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (33.0 x 22.2 x 26.7 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

450 - 400 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. CV.689, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1309, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Gjerstad, Einar. 1948. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: The Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, and Cypro-Classical Periods, Vol. 4(2). p. 124, pl. XVIII.1, Stockholm: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 88, p. 95, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2827