Limestone head of a bearded male wearing a conical helmet

Limestone head of a bearded male wearing a conical helmet

Description:

The rounded beard is smooth, with the central part jutting forward. The face is thin, the features delicate; the expression is smiling. There is a small mustache above the upper lip. The eyes, with slightly protruding eyeballs, turn inward; the relatively short, thick eyebrows are high-set. On the forehead, a smooth band indicates the locks that show underneath the helmet, the cheekpieces of which are clearly outlined.


Overall: 16 x 8 1/4 x 8 in. (40.6 x 21 x 20.3 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

560 - 525 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. XL.258, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1260, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 16, p. 39, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2851