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For a related head wearing a similar conical helmet see p. 107, no. 171 in Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE MALE HEAD
CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE MALE HEAD
CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Likely from a votary statue, depicted with a long spade-shaped beard, wearing a conical helmet peaked at the crown, his face with sharp arching brows merging with the bridge of the pointed nose, the large almond-shaped eyes with thick lids, the small mouth with protruding pursed lips, his hair falling behind his ears in a mass along his neck
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Likely from a votary statue, depicted with a long spade-shaped beard, wearing a conical helmet peaked at the crown, his face with sharp arching brows merging with the bridge of the pointed nose, the large almond-shaped eyes with thick lids, the small mouth with protruding pursed lips, his hair falling behind his ears in a mass along his neck
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Louis de Clercq (1836-1901), Paris.
with N. Koutoulakis, Paris and Geneva, 1960s.
with N. Koutoulakis, Paris and Geneva, 1960s.
Literature
A. de Ridder, Collection de Clercq, Tome V, Les Antiquités chypriotes, Paris, 1908, pp. 65 and 68, no. 24, pl. X.
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