Archaic II
Limestone head of a beardless male with a fillet
Wearing a wig or cap. Overall: 15 x 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (38.1 x 34.3 x 24.1 cm)
Date
599 - 550 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2869
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. XXIII.54, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1270, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine. 2009. "Ionian styles in Cypriote sculpture of the sixth century BC." Cyprus and the East Aegean: Intercultural Contacts from 3000 to 500 BC. An International Archaeological Symposium held at Pythagoreion, Samos, October 17th - 18th 2008, Prof. Vassos Karageorghis and Ourania Kouka, eds. pp. 245, 249, fig. 3, Nicosia: A.G. Leventis Foundation.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 63, pp.75-6, 78, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.