Limestone head of a wreathed youth

Limestone head of a wreathed youth

Description:

The head was part of a full-length figure, probably a votary. In addition to the wreath, the youth is wearing a knotted fillet.


Overall: 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (13.3 x 8.6 x 11.4 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 - 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. LXXVIII.501, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 100, p. 104, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

41.160.411