Head from a votive statue - image 1

Classical

Head from a votive statue

Head from a votive statue: A small female head from a votive statue. The woman has flat, deep sunk eyes with broad, flat eye lids and low arched eye brows. Her nose is broken and the thin lips are smiling. Her hair covers her ears on the side and may have been arranged in a sakkos at the crown of the head. She is wearing a wreath of slender leaves and there is a thin line of hair in the forehead. The back of the head is very flat. (Overall: 100 mm x 75 mm) - Made of Limestone Culture: Cypriot

Date

425 - 375 BC

Accession No.

16.5.72.136

Collection

Liverpool Museum

Provenance

References

  • 'Some Limestone Heads from Cyprus in the Liverpool Public Museums' in Liverpool …