A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A PRIEST OR VOTARY

LATE CYPRO-ARCHAIC/EARLY CYPRO-CLASSICAL, CIRCA 470 B.C.

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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A PRIEST OR VOTARY
LATE CYPRO-ARCHAIC/EARLY CYPRO-CLASSICAL, CIRCA 470 B.C.
With finely carved strong features, the hair and beard arranged in archaic fashion with rows of curls, wearing a large laurel wreath in the hair, traces of pigment on eyes and lips, mounted
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. C. C. Vermeule, Greek and Roman Sculpture in America: Masterpieces in Public Collections in the United States and Canada, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1981, pp. 74-75, pl. 46; V. Tatton-Brown, Ancient Cyprus, The British Museum, London, 1987, front cover; and J-L. Zimmermann, Ancient Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, New York, 1991, pp. 106-107, no. 33, front cover, for the type.

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