Youth Double-Pipes Statuette

Youth Double-Pipes Statuette

Description:

Statuette of a youth playing double-pipes.


Flute-player; a youth, standing with bare feet on a plinth, holds the double flutes to his lips. He wears a round wig and a long splayed chiton. The mouth-bands are indicated by two stripes of red paint. The wig is black; along the sides and bottom of the chiton is a red border, which is doubled on the shoulders. The back is sawn flat. The work is hasty; the right elbow is injured.


Dimensions: Height: 24.50 centimetres about ; Weight: 517 grammes; Width: 6.10 centimetres


Object Type: statuette


Techniques: painted; lime-washed

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 550 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kamiros

Accession Number:

1860,0404.98