Limestone statuette of a male aulos player - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a male aulos player

The body, dressed in a smooth tunic, is disproportionately wide and flat in the front. The hands lift the instrument; the phorbeia is indicated in relief. Overall:H.: 6 1/2 xW.: 3 1/2 x D.:2 13/16 in. (16.5 x 8.9 x 7.1 cm)

Date

600 - 550 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2519

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. XXI.49, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1025, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 223, p. 182, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.