Limestone head of a warrior wearing a crested helmet - image 1

Classical

Limestone head of a warrior wearing a crested helmet

Warrior wearing a crested helmet. A helmet of Chalcidian type with a crest covers the small head, which has a smiling face, pointed nose, very large eyes with thick eyelids, and smooth hair under the helmet. Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/4in. (10.8 x 8.9 x 5.7cm)

Date

499 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2689

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. LXXXI.536, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1051, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 19, p. 41, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.