Male face - image 1

Archaic I

Male face

Male face head of a medium -sized male statue.Partly formed and revised in a model, hollow.The man may have worn a turban on his head that is lost today.Big eyes with added ridges as eyelids, partially dropped away.Big nose, wide mouth with a smiling expression.Short, but outstanding chin.Large ears with double -looped earrings.Short hair curls on both sides of the neck.No traces of painting.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 (V. Karageghis) H. 12,5 cm

Date

650 - 600 BC

Accession No.

Antikensammlung, V 1275

Collection

Vienna Museum

Provenance

  • Hoffmann, Henry, Art Trade Paris;1876 purchase