Hellenistic
Limestone bearded head with a wreath of leaves
Bearded male head with wreath of leaves. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 9 × 7 1/4 × 7 1/4 in., 13.5 lb. (22.9 × 18.4 × 18.4 cm, 6.1 kg)
Date
400 - 100 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2823
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. XCVII.665, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1310, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Gjerstad, Einar. 1948. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: The Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, and Cypro-Classical Periods, Vol. 4(2). p. 124, pl. XVIII.3, Stockholm: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 89, p. 96, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.