Archaic II

Limestone head of a beardless man

On the head, the hair is divided into large transversal locks that form a kind of arch on the back. The details are indicated by small triangles. The facial features are delicate. The lips, with traces of red paint, show a smile. The nose is slightly hooked, the eyes wide open. The line formed by the eyebrows is long and thin. The ears are carefully articulated. A row of locks rises above the forehead. On the head, the hair is divided into large transversal locks that form a kind of arch on the back. The details are indicated by small triangles. H.: 6 x 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (15.2 x 9.5 x 14.6 cm)

Date

530 - 520 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2518

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. LXXI.463, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1307, 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. 246, 251, figs. 11a-b, Nicosia: A.G. Leventis Foundation.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 71, pp. 73, 81, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.