CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE MALE HEAD
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
With rounded face, cupid-bow lips and lidded, almond-shaped eyes, wearing a wreath in his hair, carved with large curls around his forehead and ears, and stippled over the back of his head
14½ in. (37 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, UK, acquired 19th Century; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

For similar heads from life-size and over life-size votive statues cf. V. Karageorghis et al., Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, pp. 250-252, nos 404-409.

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