CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE VOTARY HEAD
CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Wearing a broad diadem with five rosettes in relief, with lidded almond-shaped eyes, a slender nose and pointed chin, the lips pursed into a smile, the stylized ears sporting double hoop earrings, preserving traces of red pigment; together with a Cypriot Bichrome Ware pottery jug, circa 750-600 B.C., with red and black geometric ornament on a white ground
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Oscar Blum Gentilomo, 1903-1975.

Lot Essay

Cypriot jug not illustrated.

For two male votaries wearing similar diadems adorned with rosettes see nos. 169-170 in Karageorghis, et al., Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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