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

拍品专文

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.