Lot 232
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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MALE VOTARY
PROPERTY FROM A MARYLAND PRIVATE COLLECTION
A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MALE VOTARY

CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MALE VOTARY
CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Said to be from the Temple at Golgoi.
Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832-1904), first director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1868-1873.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Art Market, Maryland.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2016.
Literature
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hand-Book no. 3, The Stone Sculptures of the Cesnola Antiquities in Halls 5 and 3, New York, 1904, no. 1430.

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Lot Essay

According to V. Karageorghis, "Bearded human figures wearing conical headdresses, made in both limestone and terracotta, have a long history in Cypriot sculpture, dating from the end of the seventh to the fifth century B.C. These sculptures represent priests or dignitaries, though ordinary people wore the same headdress" (Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 106).

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