Limestone head of a veiled female votary

Limestone head of a veiled female votary

Description:

Female head with veil and earrings.


Overall: 10 x 6 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (25.4 x 17.5 x 18.1 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

330 - 30 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

“From the ruins of Idalium”

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. XCVII.660, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1330, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 207, p. 171, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2807