Limestone head of a snake

Limestone head of a snake

Description:

The head of a bearded snake has an open mouth and teeth that are very well rendered.


Overall: H.:3 1/2 x W.:1 5/8 x D.:3 in. (8.9 x 4.1 x 7.6 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

599 - 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. XXVII.76, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1113, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1990. Vol. 5: Herakles-Kenchrias. "Herakles (Cypri)," p. 195, no. 29, Zürich: Artemis Verlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 311, pp. 234-35, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2579