Limestone votary of a bearded male in Greek dress with a wreath - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone votary of a bearded male in Greek dress with a wreath

Bearded, holding an incense box and spray of leaves. Height: 73 in. (185.4 cm)

Date

599 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2459

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. LXII.428, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1355, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 80, pp. 84, 88-9, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.