Archaic II
Limestone head of a male aulos player
The back of the head is missing, the nose restored. Only the top of the aulos remains. 6 2/4 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm)
Date
575 - 551 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2871
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Golgoi-Ayios Photios, “West of the temple”
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. LXXI.458, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1278, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 225, p. 183, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.