Limestone statuette of a male aulos player - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a male aulos player

he figure wears a chiton and a himation, draped over the left shoulder, and holds in each hand the reed of a large aulos, the lower end of which is attached to the abdomen. Overall: 13 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (34.3 x 14 x 9.5 cm)

Date

550 - 525 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2534

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. XXI.44, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1023, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 229, p. 185, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.