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Man with helmet, Archaic I Cypriot statue
Man with helmet, Archaic I Cypriot, c. 650–600 BC. Vienna Museum, Antikensammlung, V 1159.© Kunsthistorisches Museum

Archaic I

Man with helmet

Man with helmet head of a large male statue.Large, almond -shaped eyes with sublime lids, small mouth, narrow lips, medium -sized nose.Added ears with ring around the upper part of the right ear.Conschy headgear with open cheek pieces, from which a piece is missing from the top.Riemen in relief along the middle of each piece of cheeks. H. 20,5 cm

Classification

Object type
Stone sculpture
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
650 - 600 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Collection

Vienna Museum

Provenance

  • Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, Konsul, Larnaka;1869 purchase

Identifiers

Accession no.
Antikensammlung, V 1159, Vienna Museum

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